NEW INFRASTRUCTURE MODEL PRIORITIZES DISASTER SPENDING FOR VULNERABLE CITIES

HOUSTON, June 23 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release:

UH Professor's AI-driven Model Helps Decision-makers Decide Where to Spend Limited Dollars

By Laurie Fickman - [phone]

A new mathematical model developed at UH shows that targeted investments in a small number of critical assets can significantly improve infrastructure resilience and disaster recovery.

A University of Houston engineering professor is helping cities, utilities and transportation agencies prepare for and recover from natural disasters. All these organizations face the same challenge: they know the next hurricane, flood, wildfire or other major disruption will occur, but they do not have enough resources to strengthen every vulnerable ...