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IBM scientists create specialised math algorithms
Bangalore (PTI): IBM on Tuesday announced that its scientists have created
specialised math algorithms to help model and manage natural disasters like
wildlife,
floods, diseases.
IBM's `stochastic optimisation model' was developed by IBM Math scientists from
IBM Research Labs in New York and India working with business experts from
IBM's Global Business Services to help relief agencies, government bodies and
companies with tools for strategic planning for more effective allocation
of resources for natural disaster managemnet.
"Our researchers have worked on innovative optimisation solutions designed to
create a roadmap for a responsive disaster risk reduction", said Dr Daniel
Dias, Director, IBM India Research Laboratory adding the challenge lay in
matching high end mathematical programming technologies with high impact
business
and societal problems.
The models can be explored to manage floods or famines in India or natural
disasters anywhere in the world. A fully developed customised and implemented
model can significantly help the approach for disaster risk reduction and
management.
In case of flooding the stochastic model would use various flood scenarios,
resource suply capabiites at different dispatch locations and fixed and variable
costs assocaited various risk measures, a release said.
By assigning probabilities to the factors driving outcomes, the model outlines
how limited resources can meet tomorrow's unknown demands or liabilites.
In this way, the risks and rewards of various tradeoffs can be explored.
The model allows unforseen challenges to be solved mostly wthin an hour, and
has scalability to manage even larger models in future.
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