Blesson J Mathews

US Patent:

20070005680, Jan 4, 2007

Filed:

Sep 29, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/238919

Inventors:

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.