Study on Discrete Simulation Models of Earthquake Emergency Search and Rescue

Emergency search and rescue in earthquake site is an important task in the response, and also a significant measure to reduce earthquake losses. However, due to complexity and uncertainty of earthquake-stricken area and search and rescue process, most researches on the rescue and search are qualitative, whereas only a few quantitative researches on this issue. From the perspective of quantitative analysis and computer simulation, theoretic models of emergency search and rescue action taken after an earthquake are formulated and a discrete simulation model is presented primarily. The effort provides the basis for further quantitative simulation on emergency search and rescue.