CEMPS: A prototype spatial decision support system to aid in planning emergency evacuations
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CEMPS is a prototype spatial decision support system which links the topographical support and analysis provided by a geographic information system, ARC/INFO, with thc ability to simulate the dynamics of an evacuation process. CEh4PS has been dcsigncd to enable emergency planners to experiment with differcnt emergency evacuation plans in ordcr to devise a plan which m m their rcquircmcnts. ARCnNFO is used to parameterize a dynamic simulation with topographical information and to display its results. The prototypc runs on a Sun SPARCStation cluster but could be modified to run on other hardware and s o h a r e .
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- Trans. GIS
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تاریخ انتشار 1996