Application Modelling &&&& Simulation of Data Flow in Disaster Events

Management

JIRI F. URBANEK

Department of Civil Protection

University of Defence

Kounicova 65, 612 00 Brno

CZECH REPUBLIC

jiri.urbanek@unob.cz http://www.unob.cz

Abstract: CAMouflage means last baseline of Czech University of Defence R&D´s project acronym [5]: “Computer

Aided Mobile Roaming university made NET for last stage mile”. At the ground of former baseline named

“CYBERSYS prototype”, which was alpha and beta intensive operational tested already, the useCaseCAMouflage

represents project’s third milestone - initial operational capability. Innovation & iteration processes of projects life

cycles were enforced by conditions change of situation awareness and actors requirements. Further function’s

enriching of the CAMouflage system is necessary for a making of dynamic modelling & simulating & scenarios

creation ability via the method UML,(UP)/DYVELOP by means of its dynamic blazons development. It is enabling to

serve for relevant entities and domains behaviour of disaster events driven human activities of crisis/emergency

management practitioners in various environments. This is a presumption of four project’s milestone fruition -

product release. Here useCaseBlazons are superior to display & simulate of dynamic events in live PowerPoint

presentation, which will be dramatized in Santander finally.

Key words: Crisis/emergency management; WiFi / WiMAX; UAS; CYBERSYS; NEC; interoper-mobility; roaming.

1 Introduction All below original (;) entities are own cybernetic

systems & technologies & know-how - author’s team

real products of R&D (Research project &

Development) work at non-profit Czech University of

Defence. Here R&D processes are drawn and made with

the life cycle objectives of exploring, reflecting and

sharing globally impacted cybernetic ideas, technologies

and systems. Here creative applied COTS (Commercial

of the Shelf) principle [W. Perry, 1995] is an evidence

of that. The impacts on globalization phenomenon –

global threats of the violence and catastrophes - is

visualized via special blazon, which shows model

driven architecture of own useCases (See Fig. 1). It was

created with computer assistance by mix UML (Unified

Modelling Language) [1] / DYVELOP[4] (Dynamic

Vector Logistics of Processes) methodology [5]. Arisen

real "NETou®" is WiMAX / WiFi wireless network

working in high-speed data transmission mode via

computer configurable radio. Explicit this net serves for

an automation of decision making in “The Interoperable

Outdo or Videoconference System, Especially for Crisis

Management of Civil Protection®”. This System is able

to operate even in temporary total destruction of local,

communication and information infrastructure in hard

disaster’s terrain. Likewise, it is able to operate as

mobile, autonomous local cybernetic infrastructure in

emergency situations and areas. Terminal input operates

in data mining and interpretation mode. Transit

functions are fully aided by computers with artificial

intelligence (expert system “esTou®” resp.). Original

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) "avaxTou®” and

“SATELKITE” provide monitoring and

telecommunication technologies and they as mobile IP

net nodal points – microwave “hot-spots”. They

provide, together with other implemented components

and technologies, very effective, highly interoperable

and potent NEC (Network Enabled Capability) for

qualified decision making. It all is required by end users

- crisis/emergency/disaster management practitioners

(decision makers of first responders of “last mile”) for

automated computer aided outdoor operations of Czech

Integrated Rescue System. Everything is continually

improved, iterated and alpha & beta tested already at

eight successful training, educational and/or exhibit

international missions in the last three years. Last result

is our new baseline – the CAMouflage..

2 Dynamic Modelling &&&& Simulation The analysis, creation, design, construction, integration

and life cycle testing need easy and quick modelling,

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simulating and testing apparatus with Computer-

assistance Model (CaM) using model developing

language UML,(UP)/DYVELOP©, which was explained

in Santander’s previous paper [5].

The problem is dynamic informatics’ processes show

and data mining, processing, interpreting, management

and control explain blazonry for practising end-users.

After architecture production control is necessary to

keep their attention and collaboration ability for

executable software design of security threats scenarios

in crisis/emergency/disaster management environment.

For this reason is necessary to compose and draw

blazonry project’s modelling & simulation processes

and domains tending to final “interoper-mobile

applications”, including of data flow in disaster events

management. The apparatus and way for it is expressed

at Fig. 1, in mathematic space – time parameterized

dynamic blazon. Its dynamics is better to explain in live

⟨⟨PowerPoint⟩⟩ presentation in Santander. Here the

Catastrophe is modeled as significant disaster event in

its processes, information, domains and their entities

relations & logistics flows.

3 CAMouflageflageflageflage Baseline - Application Project team of pedagogues and students of Czech

University of Defence contributes to tangible and

demonstrable improvements of situation awareness of

crisis/emergency/disaster management agents for better

effectiveness, economy and security of crisis operations.

They are aimed for security and protection optimising of

information NEC systems and technologies. They are

successful in interoperability and mobility increasing of

crisis management executors in military, security,

police, fire-brigade, rescue and civil humanitarian

organizations. The effort aims on behalf of high

operability & efficiency, quality improvement,

steadiness consolidation and system & process integrity

of the security of civil protection in the context of

economic and environmental sustainable development

given at COTS principle. This principle buildings an

effective partnerships among R&D capacities, among

industrial IT / IS providers - SMEs and among product

end users at the PPP principle (Public Private

Partnerships).

Project team is mission oriented and it has close

relevance to the Programmes of the EC 7th FP. Project

products are well contributed for Value Added in Czech

and European economy and for the reinforcement of

their competitiveness. Project solution of

interoperability requirements problems by means of real

CAMouflage baseline operation is documented at next

Fig. 2. Its beta testing is made at own WiMAX / (WiFi)

wireless network NETou® and other components of our

former CYBERSYS. It works in high-speed data

transmission mode as “The Interoperable Outdoor

Videoconference System, Especially for Crisis

Management of Civil Protection®”. It is able to operate

even in temporary total destruction of lokal

infrastructure, because it is independent at fuel, power,

electricity, telecommunication (mobile operators and

satellites including) and information resources, for one

week. It can operate in own autonomous local

cybernetic infrastructure, which can be shared for

contractors of Czech Integrated Rescue System.

Original Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)

SATELKITE is aerial carriers for monitoring

(cameras, sensors) and telecommunication (WiMAX

antennas/ hub/ router = mobile “hotspots” &

"avaxTou®") technologies, which operate as mobile IP

(Internet Protocol) net’s nodal points. It provides,

together with other implemented components and with

esTou® technology very effective, interoperable, potent

and autonomous NEC´s tasking in highly safe & robust

local intranet with EMOFF SW provided by T-SOFT

Praha. It needs next intensive development to a reaching

its expert system full-blooded technologic abilities. It

needs project development via the UML, (UP)

/DYVELOP©

using to commercial product release

realization at open modular architecture of the

CAMouflage.

Real "NETou®", arisen within previous project’s

baseline CYBERSYS, is WiMAX / (Wi-Fi) wireless

network working in high-speed data duplex-

transmission mode, which shrouding territory is ever 25

square kilometres. Explicit this net serves for data

transmission in “The Interoperable Outdoor

Videoconference System, Especially for Crisis

Management of Civil Protection®”. This System is able

to operate even in temporary total destruction of

regional communication, cybernetic, information and

fuel-providing infrastructure in hard terrain of disaster

situations. Interpretable data can be transmitted explicit

by means of special interface via interoper-mobile

roaming “SMARTerminal”. Everything terminal and

transit functions are fully aided by computers with

artificial intelligence partial quality (expert system

“esTou®” with EMOFF SW resp.). Everything is

continually improved, iterated and tested. Necessary

implementing entities and their operation life cycle

dynamic interactions and relations follow from time-

space parameterized blazon in the Fig.1.

At the Fig. 2, the CAMouflage application full

operational deployment shows multifunctional UAS

“SATELKITE” operated by means “avaxTou® +

WiMAX” technology. The UAS is for electricity

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consumption cabled with off-road vehicle, which has

“esTou® + EMOFF” technology on board. Near

crisis/emergency/disaster management tent is erected an

“INFLATour”. It is a pylon for beacon function, for

disaster area illumination and for “hot – spot”

appropriate take up.

4 Results, Conclusions and Discussion CAMouflage end-user environment consists generally

from internationally operating professional defence /

security / crisis / emergency managements, which are

needful for continuous & competent preparation and

effective response of extraordinary events without

national restrictions not only at the European territory.

[3] This management must be able of effective

concurrence, cooperation, collaboration, interaction,

operability and interoperability in depressed or disaster

areas of trans-national extent and even without

predefined threat scenarios. Modern crisis is hard to

predict and plan. All unexpected is possible. This

intuition brings an improving of situation awareness

here, because technological preparedness may be not

sufficient for all possible situations. But, international,

crisis / emergency response management preparedness

possible is, namely in information exchange and sharing

of future pan-European E-governmental services. They

was the reasons for CAMouflage layout with the vision

of future united cybernetic systems & technologies of

European defence & security & crisis & emergency

managements. Situation awareness improvement of crisis

management is necessary for better operability [2] of its

security, defence, emergency and rescue services and

functions. The operability of crisis / emergency /

disaster management is depressed by unsatisfactory

interoperability at both the national and the international

levels. The interoperability [3] of crisis / emergency /

security / defence operations is a critical capability. But,

successfully solved interoperability brings synergic

effects in cooperation and collaboration of operational

entities. Operational processes must act integrally at

multi purpose tasks in multidisciplinary environments.

Terminal (explicit) aim (i.e. principal function) of the

interoperability is an improvement of the operability of

process entities here.

The Interoper-mobility is one-word expression of

interoperabity + mobility abilities, which characterizes

best capabilities of our R&D project last baseline - the

CAMouflage with using of Ultra Mobile Personal

Computers (UMPCs) as the terminals.

Our WiMAX / (Wi-Fi) are no full-blooded WiMAX

(Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) pro

tempore. It is over-band forwarded Wi-Fi (Wireless

Fidelity) with amplified output. But future WiMAX

hardware expected development will bring more

possibilities of our next interoper-mobile project’s

baselines. Our project next baseline increment tends to the

development and transition in operational release or

employment of interoper-mobile cybernetic roaming

domain for decision making & command support in

integrated NEC military environment. It will be

installed to the frame of international acting armed

expeditionary forces and joint operations. This domain

iteration will be found on increments of already

constructed and operational alpha and beta tested

baseline CAMouflage, originated in previous project

phases titled CYBERSYS, which made evidence of

initial operational capability already in numerous

demonstration missions.

Full understanding of the dynamic blazons and

specially of informatics-logistics flows need Power

Point presentation in real time. It will be presented at

the Conference in Santander.

References:

[1] Jim Arlow, Ila Neustat, Enterprise Patterns and

MDA: Building Berger Software with Archetype

Patterns and UML, Addison – Wesley, 2004, ISBN

032111230X.

[2] Dvořáková, M., Heretík, J., Pešková, K.,

Interoperability Improvement of Czech Civil

Protection Integrated Management, International

conference The International Emergency

Management Society, Faroe Islands, 2005.

[3] Urban, R., Urbánek, J.F., DOMINafter PROJECT,

13th TIEMS Annual Conference. International

conference The International Emergency

Management Society & Emergency Management of

Korea, Seoul, 2006.

[4] Urbánek, J.F., Teorie procesů – management

environmentů, CERM Brno, 2002, ISBN80-7204-

232-7.

[5] Urbánek, J.F., Effective Modelling of Know-How

for Cyber-Informatics Practitioners, 8th WSEAS

International Conference SMO´08, 2008, Santander.

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Fig. 2, CAMouflageflageflageflage full operational deployment.

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