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X-WR-CALNAME:IE SEMINAR: Shima Mohebbi\, "Cooperative Game Theory Models fo
 r Resilient Infrastructure Systems"
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DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Critical infrastructure systems are interdependent at
  different levels and are governed by several sectors working together to 
 maintain social\, economic\, and environmental well-being. Many models foc
 us on a centralized view for the optimal design and operation of these sys
 tems\, but rarely is there only one decision maker for the infrastructure 
 systems. In the decentralized decision-making paradigm\, individual decisi
 on makers need to decide how to allocate resources and eventually improve 
 the aggregated infrastructure systems resilience. Existing literature demo
 nstrates the importance of understanding collective behavior for decision 
 models and Operational Research (OR) interventions. There is still a deart
 h of studies examining how decision makers collaborate to shape OR-support
 ed processes in infrastructure systems. This talk focuses on cooperative g
 ame theory\, coupled with network optimization\, enabling players/decision
  makers to explore coalitional structures and incentive schemes to coordin
 ate their decisions towards system optimality. This game framework is firs
 t formulated and solved for a healthcare system\, representing one infrast
 ructure sector. It is then extended for interdependent water and transport
 ation infrastructure systems. The proposed approach is applied to water di
 stribution and road networks in the City of Tampa\, Florida. The obtained 
 solutions are compared to centralized solutions in different scenarios to 
 demonstrate the feasibility of the approach for the city-scale infrastruct
 ure networks. \n\nBio: Shima Mohebbi is an assistant professor in the Depa
 rtment of Systems Engineering and Operations Research\, and affiliate facu
 lty of Computer Science at George Mason University. Shima is also a core f
 aculty of C-RASC (Center for Resilient and Sustainable Communities) at Mas
 on. Her research interests include game theory\, network optimization\, si
 mulation (discrete-event\, agent-based\, system dynamics)\, and interpreta
 ble machine learning. Shima has collaborated across disciplines including 
 civil engineering\, computer science\, social science\, and nursing. She w
 as a visiting scholar in the University of Exeter’s Center for Water Sys
 tems in the UK. She received her PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering
 \, and her second master’s degree in Statistics from the University of T
 ennessee. Her research is supported by the National Science Foundation and
  the U.S. Department of Transportation. Shima has served as a board direct
 or in the Modeling and Simulation Division of the Institute of Industrial 
 and Systems Engineers and is passionate about engineering education and ou
 treach activities. In her spare time\, Shima enjoys playing the piano and 
 is an outdoor enthusiast.
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SUMMARY:IE SEMINAR: Shima Mohebbi\, "Cooperative Game Theory Models for Res
 ilient Infrastructure Systems"
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/ie_seminar_shima_mohebbi_coop
 erative_game_theory_models_for_resilient_infrastructure_systems
CATEGORIES:Lectures\, Symposia\, Etc.
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