Browsing by Subject "resilience"
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Architecting Fail-Safe Supply Chains / Networks
(2017-05-12)Disruptions are large-scale stochastic events that rarely happen but have a major effect on supply networks’ topology. Some examples include: air traffic being suspended due to weather or terrorism, labor unions strike, ... -
Communicating for resilience: a longitudinal study of processes and principles for managing organizational disruption
(2021-12-17)This project explored how individuals and teams employ specific communication processes and principles to cultivate, sustain, and strengthen resilience after organizational disruption. A longitudinal study of working adults ... -
An Examination of the Impacts of Hurricane Harvey on Water Utility Operations and Planning
(2021)Hurricane Harvey stalled over Southeast Texas for the better part of a week in August 2017. During that time, the Category 4 storm produced unprecedented amounts of rainfall throughout the region, causing extensive flooding ... -
Factors Influencing Ecological Dynamics of the Human Microbiome
(2020-10-12)Human microbiomes are increasingly seen as a key to understanding human biology, whether it be in studying health/disease or in documenting human diversity. Anthropological interest in human microbiomes has primarily focused ... -
Model for Mitigating Economic and Social Disaster Damage Through Structural Reinforcement
(2017-05)Natural disasters have both severe negative short-term consequences on community structures, inhabitants, and long-term impacts on economic growth. In response to the rising costs and magnitude of such disasters to ... -
Optimal Facility Location for Interdependent Infrastructure Network Recovery
(2017-05)Modern communities heavily depend on critical infrastructure networks such as power, water, transportation, telecommunications, gas, etc. Since daily life requires these networks to be operational, it is important that ... -
RESILIENCE-BASED RESTORATION OF SYSTEMS OF INTERDEPENDENT INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS: IMPORTANCE MEASURES, OPTIMIZATION, AND SOLUTION APPROACHES
(2018-05-11)Critical infrastructure networks such as electric power, water distribution, natural gas, transportation, and telecommunications, among others, are the backbone of modern societies as they provide them with the fundamental ... -
Resilience-Based Tri-Level Optimization for Multi-Commodity Networks
(2022-05)Interdependent critical infrastructure systems represent substantial financial investments and are vital to maintain a basic level of social and economic well-being, making them attractive targets for malevolent actors. ...