• DocumentCode
    2186914
  • Title

    Insights from a Computer Simulation Model of a Landslide Disaster

  • Author

    Labaka, Leire ; Ying Qian ; Lango, Peter ; Gonzalez, Jose J.

  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    5-8 Jan. 2015
  • Firstpage
    192
  • Lastpage
    199
  • Abstract
    Disasters do not follow scripts and the management of disasters requires that responders act as "emergent organizations". We argue that a computer simulation model of the management of a major landslide suggests a disequilibrium-experimenting-emergence process in terms of feedback loops (Performance adjustment, Cognitive load causes errors, Communication mismatch causes errors, and Learning). Arguably, improvement of the drivers of such feedback could help improve the management of disasters.
  • Keywords
    emergency management; computer simulation model; disequilibrium-experimenting-emergence process; emergent organization; feedback loops; landslide disaster; Computational modeling; Disaster management; Feedback loop; Interviews; Meteorology; Organizations; Terrain factors; Emergency management; emergent organizations; management of disorganization; system dynamics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    System Sciences (HICSS), 2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kauai, HI
  • ISSN
    1530-1605
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HICSS.2015.32
  • Filename
    7069680