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An MDA-based Approach to Crisis and Emergency Management Modeling

Authors:
Antonio De Nicola
Alberto Tofani
Giordano Vicoli
Maria Luisa Villani

Keywords: Conceptual Modeling; Collaborative Networks; Critical Infrastructures; Model Driven Architecture.

Abstract:
Managing crisis and emergency requires a deep knowledge of the related scenario. Simulation and analysis tools are considered as a promising mean to reach such understanding. Precondition to these types of tools is the availability of a graphical modeling language allowing domain experts to build formally grounded models. To reach this goal, in this paper, we propose the CEML language and the related meta-model to describe structural aspects of crisis and emergency scenarios. The meta-model consists of a set of modeling constructs, a set of domain relationships, and a set of modeling rules. Then we introduce a set of methodological guidelines to reach an executable code, consisting of a system architecture and the mapping rules to transform the CEML modeling constructs into others typical of discrete event simulation. Finally, we propose a preliminary set of collaboration design patterns to model interaction and communication exchange arising among emergency services providers and citizens to solve the crisis. An emergency scenario example demonstrates the applicability of the presented approach.

Pages: 89 to 100

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2012. Used with permission.

Publication date: June 30, 2012

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-2679