Decision-making Analysis and Optimization Modeling of Emergency Warnings for Major Accidents

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This book highlights cutting-edge research into emergency early warning management and decision-making for severe accidents. Using toxic gas leakages as examples, it puts forward new design methods for emergency early warning systems, as well as a systematic description of emergency early warning information communication mechanisms and characteristics of regional evacuation, based on a wide range of theories, including safety engineering, information engineering, communication, behaviorology and others. The book applies a range of methods, such as case analysis, questionnaire interviews, and multi-objective optimization modeling. Drawing on this basis, it subsequently proposes a multi-objective optimization modeling and algorithm for emergency path selection, together with an evacuation risk assessment method. Divided into six chapters prepared by an international team of researchers, the book addresses the design of early warning systems, communication and dissemination mechanisms of early warning information, characteristics of regional evacuation, multi-objective optimization of emergency paths, and evacuation risk assessment. ­­­­­ The book offers an essential reference guide for engineering technicians and researchers in a wide range of fields, including emergency management, safety science and engineering, disaster relief engineering, and transportation optimization, as well as graduate students in related majors at colleges and universities. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Introduction (Wenmei Gai, Yan Du, Yunfeng Deng)....Pages 1-30 Emergency Warning System for Major Accidents (Wenmei Gai, Yan Du, Yunfeng Deng)....Pages 31-64 Communication and Diffusion of Emergency Warning (Wenmei Gai, Yan Du, Yunfeng Deng)....Pages 65-87 Regional Evacuation Modeling for Toxic Cloud Releases and Its Application in Strategy Assessment of Evacuation Warning (Wenmei Gai, Yan Du, Yunfeng Deng)....Pages 89-111 Multi-objective Route Planning Model and Algorithm for Emergency Management (Wenmei Gai, Yan Du, Yunfeng Deng)....Pages 113-150 Evacuation Risk Assessment of Regional Evacuation for Major Accidents and Its Application in Emergency Planning (Wenmei Gai, Yan Du, Yunfeng Deng)....Pages 151-168