Optimizing the Prioritization of Natural Disaster Recovery Projects

Abstract

Prioritizing reconstruction projects to recover a base from a natural disaster is a complicated and arduous process that involves all levels of leadership. The project prioritization phase of base recovery has a direct affect on the allocation of funding, the utilization of human resources, the obligation of projects, and the overall speed and efficiency of the recovery process. The focus of this research is the development of an objective and repeatable process for optimizing the project prioritization phase of the recovery effort. This work will focus on promoting objectivity in the project prioritizing process, improving the communication of the overall base recovery requirement, increasing efficiency in utilizing human and monetary resources, and the creation of a usable and repeatable decision-making tool based on Value-Focused Thinking and integer programming methods.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA467368

Entities

People

  • Jason M. Aftanas

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Disaster Management
  • Disasters
  • Emergency Response
  • Engineers
  • Integer Programming
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Natural Disasters
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Recreation
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Manufacturing Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.