List of Figures Figure 2.1 AFA Systems 6 Figure 2.2 Protégé Classes 16 Figure 2.3 Protégé Slots 18 Figure 2.4 Protégé Slots Facet 19 Figure 2.5 Protégé Instances 20 Figure 2.6 Protégé Query 21 Figure 3.1 USA HHS Structure 22 Figure 3.2 U.S. 10 Regions list 25 Figure 3.3 U.S. 10 Regions map 26 Figure 4.1 NS-3 Basic Components 26 Figure 4.2 Google Earth Model 29 Figure 4.3 Qwest IP Network Statistics Tool. 30 Figure 4.4 Simple Model for Colorado Health Emergency Network 31 Figure 4.5 The Run’s Delay Disparity 34 Figure 4.6 Run’2 Lost Packets Disparity 39 Figure 5.1 81Solutions Website (www.81solutions.com) 41 Figure 5.2 the closest point obtained using Google Maps 46
In this research, a model for the network between Colorado health units is formulated using their actual physical locations, and their server’s physical locations. The information and knowledge about their communications are collected by searching the literature, interviewing people from the field, attending an UCCS Public Health Colloquium, and participating in an El Paso County full-scale exercise. The UCCS Public Health Colloquium has taken place between March 23-25, with the aim of understanding and utilizing information in public health emergency. The El Paso County full-scale exercise or the “NOAA’s ARK” exercise took place on June 5 and its objectives were to focus on evaluating emergency response procedures, identifying areas for improvement, and achieving a collaborative attitude. The simulation environment that is used for translating the conceptual model into the simulation model is NS 3 [Azadehdel et al. 2009]. The last part of the thesis focuses on studying Colorado counties websites from performance and security perspectives. In this thesis an Ontology for USAFA (United States Air Force Academy) Emergency Management is built, the steps that were followed to build this Ontology are identical to those used in building Colorado Health Emergency Networks model. The results obtained from applying these steps in the USAFA case were captured using the Protégé, whereas using Google Maps in case of Colorado Health Emergency Networks. The two models could be then used to conduct simulation studies. For example, based on the USAFA Emergency Management Ontology, a simulation study can be done to test the effect of removing or changing any of the elements on the Emergency Management operations. For the Colorado Health Emergency Networks model, a simple model was the created and implemented using NS-3 to test the network survivability. The results
5.4 The Health Emergency Nodes’ Interactions The following table summarizes the health emergency related interactions. Node System/Tech Action CDPHE Satool Write Local Health Depts. Satool Read Hospitals EMSystem Updates Emergency Office EMSystem Read Local Health Depts. EmSystem Monitor/View Hospitals Websites Write Local Health Depts. Websites Write Table 5.1 Health Emergency Internet related actions. 5.5 Local Health Department’s Websites Analysis The pandemic flu scenario mentioned earlier has revealed the importance of local health department websites in the emergency management process. It is the way through which these departments reach the people. The information that has to be published is vital for saving peoples’ lives. Satool.org receives feeds from the social networks like “Facebook” and “Twitter”. These feeds would help the health personnel “read” what is
Chapter 9 Future Work The main focus of the thesis has been on the display of Colorado health emergency network nodes, connections and visual displays. As part of this thesis, good information regarding the systems in use, the flow of information and the emergency management plans have been collected. One of thesis objectives is to study the Internet infrastructure survivability, in so doing, an NS-3 model for the Colorado Health Emergency Network has been built. This model has integrated Qwest Internet Network information and statistics. The results obtained from this model could not be generalized because more information was needed. The future work is to extend this model by collecting more information regarding the US Internet network. This information can be obtained from a company like Qwest. Regarding the security and performance analysis results, two future works can be done. First, searching for better hosting, better hosting means security and performance are assured. Finding the hosting company’s backbone is critical and should be studied. Most of these companies tend to hide their backbone’s details for competition reasons; so, the second future work is to implement the proposed solution mentioned in
Appendix B: Downloading and Installing Google Earth 5.1 B.1 Download Google Earth from http://earth.google.com/download-earth-advanced.html B.2 Install Google Earth B.3 Start the Google Earth from the Start menu B.4 Open the kml and kmz files into your working space B.5 Creating a Tour in Google Earth First, create the points and lines that your tour will contain.