Co-Evolution Framework Between Humans and Simulations: Planning Post-Disaster Restoration of a Water Distribution Network

This paper developed a new framework for better knowledge management through computational simu-lations, enabling both human knowledge creation and updating simulation models. The framework was de-veloped based on the concepts of the socialization, ex-ternalization, combination, and internalization (SECI) model, and it contains a structured workshop that in-cludes the four types of Ba the model requires. To evaluate this framework, the planning of post-disaster restoration of water distribution networks was em-ployed as a case study. In addition, a new optimization method was developed using empirical heuristics ob-tained from practitioners, aiming for meaningful feed-back from the practitioners working in a water man-agement company. Based on our simulation, three workshops were conducted to create new knowledge, and new features were added to the simulation. In these workshops, practitioners performed simulation -based training in planning the restoration and then discussed their decisions. Afterward, it was concluded that the proposed framework was sufficient for updat-ing the simulation. However, it required additional methods to provide practitioners with opportunities to obtain new insights.