Persona-Based Hurricane Evacuation Travel Demand Analysis

Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

🌀 The Challenge of Rural Evacuation Planning

Florida continues to be the most hurricane-prone state in the United States. While evacuation orders play a significant role in reducing casualties, their effectiveness relies heavily on household decision-making. In rural communities, such as the Florida Panhandle, this is complicated by limited infrastructure, longer travel distances, and resource constraints. Current evacuation demand models often rely on oversimplified assumptions of rational decision-making, failing to capture the stress, urgency, and irrationality inherent in disaster scenarios.

Simulating Community Behaviors with LLMs

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

🚧 The Challenge of Debris Management

Following catastrophic events like Hurricane Ian, post-disaster debris management becomes a critical, time-sensitive logistical challenge. Traditional planning relies heavily on volume estimation and routing, treating communities as passive entities. However, emergent human behaviors—such as illegal debris dumping—introduce highly stochastic burdens that derail recovery efficiency, amplify health risks, and drastically increase municipal costs.

Agent-Based Modeling on Mohammad Movahedi

Persona-Based Hurricane Evacuation Travel Demand Analysis

🌀 The Challenge of Rural Evacuation Planning

Simulating Community Behaviors with LLMs

🚧 The Challenge of Debris Management