POSTATTACK FOOD AVAILABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY--A CASE STUDY.

Abstract

This report describes an analytic technique designed to forecast the postattack availability and accessibility of critcal foodstuffs in a single municipality. The described technique employs utilization charts, distribution diagrams, and seasonal inventory data to provide quantitative models of the normal preattack flow of individual commodities to local consumers. Estimates of postattack commodity flow are obtained by applying appropriate damage assessment procedures to critical elements of the preattack distribution models. The techniques developed in this report are applied in a case study of the effects of a hypothetical attack on food availability and accessibility in San Jose, California. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0812989

Entities

People

  • John W. Billheimer

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Availability
  • California
  • Case Studies
  • Commodities
  • Consumers
  • Continents
  • Damage
  • Damage Assessment
  • Geographic Regions
  • Inventory
  • Municipalities
  • North America
  • United States

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Industrial Economics
  • Systems Analysis and Design