摘要: |
NASA’s Scalable Traffic Management for Emergency Response Operations (STEReO)
projectaimstoleverageUnmannedAerialSystems(UAS)andUASTrafficManagement(UTM)
to improve asset coordination and overall emergency response. One application of STEReO
is wildfire response, which is the focus of this research. In order to implement the operations
describedintheSTEReOproject, theseadditionsmusthavetangiblebenefitsandprovensafety.
To this end, the System Modeling and Analysis of Resiliency in STEReO (SMARt-STEReO)
project constructs a simulation model, developed through the Python modeling and resiliency
analysis package fmdtools. The model describes wildfire response operations, including cur-
rentoperationalconceptsandemergingconceptsutilizingUASasdescribedinSTEReO.While
previous simulation models focus primarily on fire propagation with some models including
emergency response intervention, SMART-STEReO evaluates the system performance and
resilience benefits gained by the addition of UAS and UTM. Due to the novelty and complexity
of the model, initial model verification and validation efforts are conducted and a detailed
description of the model is provided. Preliminary results from experimental analysis on the
SMARt-STEReO model indicate that when compared to current operations, the addition of
UAS in wildfire operations results in improved response efforts, in terms of fewer acres burned,
as well as improved system resilience in response to a given fault. |