In this research, a model for the network between Colorado health units is formulated using their actual physical locations, and their physical locations. The server’s 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 exercise took place on June 5 and its objectives were to “NOAA’s ARK” 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
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
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