Title :
Insights from a Computer Simulation Model of a Landslide Disaster
Author :
Labaka, Leire ; Ying Qian ; Lango, Peter ; Gonzalez, Jose J.
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;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences (HICSS), 2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kauai, HI
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2015.32
