Patent ID: 8788247
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G06F,G06N,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for estimating effectiveness of a distribution or dispensing plan of emergency supplies during disaster events, comprising: simulating a flow of emergency supplies, including at least a flow of supplies from a source to a plurality of points in a supply chain then to one or more points of distribution, and at each point of the flow, availability of transportation fleet for moving the emergency supplies, transportation route and road conditions; simulating dynamics of victims, including an arrival pattern and surge of victims at the one or more points of distribution; simulating progression of disaster, including deteriorating of the road conditions; and simulating dynamic interactions among the flow of emergency supplies, the dynamics of victims and the progression of disaster, wherein the dynamic interactions comprise at least: determining overall effectiveness of a disaster response plan based on the data output from the dynamic interactions, wherein the overall effectiveness is determined by at least one of: analyzing a percentile of the victims covered over time, produced by the dynamic interactions, analyzing a size of demand at the one or more points of distribution and how fast the demand is satisfied over time, produced by the dynamic interactions, and analyzing utilization of transportation medium over time, produced by the dynamic interactions, wherein said steps of simulating are performed by a computer processor.