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Fuel Shortages During Hurricanes: Epidemiological Modeling And Optimal Control, Sabique Ul Islam
Fuel Shortages During Hurricanes: Epidemiological Modeling And Optimal Control, Sabique Ul Islam
Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses
Hurricanes are powerful agents of destruction with significant socioeconomic impacts. A persistent problem due to the large-scale evacuations during hurricanes in the southeastern United States is the fuel shortages during the evacuation. Fuel shortages often lead to stranded vehicles and exacerbate the evacuation efforts. Computational models can aid in emergency preparedness and help mitigate the impacts of hurricanes. In this thesis, the hurricane fuel shortages are modeled using the Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) epidemic model. Crowd-sourced data corresponding to Hurricane Irma and Florence are utilized to parametrize the model. An estimation technique based on Unscented Kalman filter (UKF) is employed to evaluate …
Blocks' Network: Redesign Architecture Based On Blockchain Technology, Moataz Hanif
Blocks' Network: Redesign Architecture Based On Blockchain Technology, Moataz Hanif
Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses
The Internet is a global network that uses communication protocols. It is considered the most important system reached by humanity, which no one can abandon. However, this technology has become a weapon that threatens the privacy of users, especially in the client-server model, where data is stored and managed privately. Additionally, users have no power over their data that store in a private server, which means users’ data may interrupt by government or might be sold via service provider for-profit purposes. Furthermore, blockchain is a technology that we can rely on to solve issues related to client-server model if appropriately …