The National Science Foundation awarded $381,045 under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for a three-year collaborative research project from September 2021 to August 2024.
The project, titled "Collaborative Research: An Agent-Based Investigation of Hurricane Evacuation Dynamics: Key Factors, Connections, and Emergent Behaviors," will analyze hurricane evacuation behaviors through agent-based modeling. The research aims to identify important individual-level factors that influence evacuation decisions, understand how social connections shape evacuation dynamics, and examine how macro-level evacuation patterns emerge from micro-level agent behaviors. Insights from this work could help local governments and emergency planners improve hurricane evacuation planning and response strategies. The University of Wisconsin System will oversee project activities taking place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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