Algorithm for Resource Redistribution Required for Recovery of Society after Large Scale Disasters

Resource Redistribution under Lack of Information: Short-Term Recovery after Large Scale Disasters

“…This type of dynamics can be characterized as a certain "screening" effect. It should be noted that a similar "screening" effect but of another nature has been found in the resource redistribution during the short-term recovery in systems without the lack of information [7].…”

“…It will be used in specifying the priority of the cities in the resource redistribution queue. As previously [7] to avoid the discussion about ethics or morality of the priority choice we appeal to the following historical example. Baron Dominique Jean Larrey, surgeon-in-chief to Napoleon's Imperial Guard, articulated one of the first triage rule in 1792: "Those who are dangerously wounded should receive the first attention, without regard to rank or distinction.…”

“…This procedure of the plan reconstruction with the information update is a main modification of the algorithm developed in our previous work [7]. It enables us to govern the resource redistribution efficiently even in the case of the lack of information.…”

“…This assumption was accepted to make the dynamics of supply as smooth as possible. It should be noted that in the previous paper [7] we analyzed the resource redistribution supposing that 15 quanta can be assembled simultaneously within 15 minutes. Given the other conditions equal, it leads actually to the same dynamics, where, however, the effects of discretization are much more pronounced.…”

“…In the previous work [7] we have proposed an algorithm by which the required resource redistribution can be implemented in a quasi-optimal way. Initially it was applied to modeling the resource redistribution in an affected system for which the whole information about the city states is available from the beginning of the short-term recovery.…”