Investigating manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises’ immediate response and short-term recovery from flooding using an agent-based approach

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作者：
Alharbi M. [1 ]
Coates G. [2 ]
机构：
[1] Department of Computer Science, Durham University, Durham
[2] School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne
来源：
International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling | 2019年 / 14卷 / 02期
关键词：
Agent-based modelling and simulation; Flooding; Manufacturing; Short-term recovery; Small and medium-sized enterprises; SMEs;
D O I：
10.1504/IJSPM.2019.099901
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摘要：
The predominance and economic significance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) means widespread disruption can have severe financial consequences for a nation. This paper presents an agent-based approach enabling simulations to investigate manufacturing SMEs’ immediate response to and short-term recovery from a flood event to evaluate the effectiveness of combinations of inundation precautions. Manufacturing SME agents exhibit pre- and post-flood behaviours gleaned from interviews with such businesses that have flood experience. Based on a flood event simulated for Sheffield in the UK, results show an individual SME with most precautions implemented in the lightly or moderately flooded area can return to 100% production approximately 7 days earlier than if the least precautions were employed. Further, considering the average short-term recovery of all SMEs with most precautions implemented in the lightly or moderately flooded area, 100% production can be achieved almost 20 days before manufacturers located in the severely flooded area. © 2019 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
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