Application of a Formal Systems Methodology to Civil Defense.
Abstract
This report contains the studies which treat various problems concerning disaster mitigation and civil defense with the formal methodology of systems, the HOS methodology. Included are restricted inquiries concerning transportation, communication and goals analysis. The more extensive results present (1) an integrated host and risk area system for relocation, using relocation of industrial personnel as a test bench for the applicability of HOS methodology to a problem which is a general one; (2) a specification of place as a data type and a primitive or basic operation for locating one object in relation to another, which are prerequisites for dynamic mapping, planning, and implementation of mitigation systems. The results obtained indicated that the HOS methodology can be employed in the design of systems pertinent to the mitigation environment. The most important direct finding, however, is that by employing the HOS methodology, it should be possible to design testable systems for a variety of responses to a variety of crises and disasters. The methodology is rigorous enough to deal with the enormous difficulties in terms of complexity and uncertainty and to retain sufficient flexibility to respond in real time to changing situations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA084741
Entities
People
- L. Vaina
- M. Zeldin
- R. Kuhns
- S. Cushing