Ahmad Jrad - Red Bank NJ, US Blesson Mathews - Marlboro NJ, US Thomas Morawski - Westfield NJ, US Louise Spergel - Washington Crossing PA, US
International Classification:
G06F 15/16
US Classification:
709201000
Abstract:
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for determining an expected impact of a disaster on a network. In particular, one embodiment of the method includes modeling the network as a plurality of geographical regions associated with respective pluralities of network elements and network element interconnectivities, generating a disaster model associated with the disaster by adjusting a disaster framework using a disaster parameter, generating a disaster analysis model using the network model and the disaster model, wherein the disaster analysis model includes a disaster probability parameter and a disaster impact parameter, and determining the expected impact of the disaster on at least a portion of the network using the disaster analysis model.