Modelling Search and Rescue systems with dynamical networks

This paper explores the application of network technologies to modelling the Search and Rescue (SAR) capability for the Canadian Arctic. Under the proposed approach, the SAR capability is viewed as a complex socio-technical system that comprises social and technological components from different environmental domains. The system is modelled as a set of inter-linked networks with embedded heterogeneous agents. Evolutionary computation is used to optimize the architecture of the network of Northern airports - one of the networks included in the SAR model. The proposed methodology is applicable to a variety of defence systems that involve large numbers of heterogeneous components.