Simulation Study of Evacuation Control Center Operations Analysis

<p>A Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) is the primary method employed by the US State Department of safely evacuating American Citizens and designated host country nationals from life threatening situations in foreign countries. Planning for these operations is difficult due to its dynamic nature and complex inter-department command and execution structure. Planning efficiencies could be realized through insights into dependencies and fundamental NEO operating characteristics. The Evacuation Control Center (ECC) is a main component in evacuee flow. This simulation study models ECC operations in Arena and varies key inputs and parameters to uncover the underlying elements that drive ECC output and performance. Evacuee arrival distribution ECC manning and evacuee wait times are the main parameters of interest.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>