Optimising the location of tsunami detection buoys and sea-level monitors in the Indian Ocean

Groen, L; Botten, L; Blazek, K

Optimising the location of tsunami detection buoys and sea-level monitors in the Indian Ocean

Groen, L Botten, L

Blazek, K

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: International Journal of Operational Research, 2010, 8 (2), pp. 174 - 188
Issue Date:: 2010-05-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Groen, L	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Botten, L https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6471-6954	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Blazek, K	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-05-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Operational Research, 2010, 8 (2), pp. 174 - 188	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1745-7645	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/13004
dc.description.abstract	In the wake of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami disaster, a global response to implement a tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean became imperative. Steps in this direction were initiated in 2005 with plans for the deployment of up to 24 tsunami detection buoys. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the optimal placement of tsunami detection buoys and sea-level monitors, in order to provide warning to the greatest population potentially affected. We adopt a mathematical programming approach to examine this problem. It is determined that 10 sites are essential in ensuring that the maximum population can be warned. This has implications for construction and maintenance of the tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean. Copyright © 2010 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Operational Research	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1504/IJOR.2010.033136	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Operations Research	en_US
dc.title	Optimising the location of tsunami detection buoys and sea-level monitors in the Indian Ocean	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	8	en_US
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
utslib.for	0102 Applied Mathematics	en_US
utslib.for	0103 Numerical and Computational Mathematics	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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pubs.issue	2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	8	en_US

Abstract:

In the wake of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami disaster, a global response to implement a tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean became imperative. Steps in this direction were initiated in 2005 with plans for the deployment of up to 24 tsunami detection buoys. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the optimal placement of tsunami detection buoys and sea-level monitors, in order to provide warning to the greatest population potentially affected. We adopt a mathematical programming approach to examine this problem. It is determined that 10 sites are essential in ensuring that the maximum population can be warned. This has implications for construction and maintenance of the tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean. Copyright © 2010 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

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