Architectural Overview of MAEviz - HAZTURK

• Published in: Journal of earthquake engineering : JEE 2008-05, Vol.12 (sup2), p.92-99
• Main Authors: Elnashai, Amr, Hampton, Shawn, Lee, Jong Sung, McLaren, Terry, Myers, James D., Navarro, Chris, Spencer, Bill, Tolbert, Nathan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Consequence-Based Risk Management; Eclipse Rich Client Platform; NCSA GIS Extensible Platform; Risk Analysis; Risk Mitigation
• ISSN: 1363-2469; 1559-808X
• DOI: 10.1080/13632460802013610

MAEviz is a broadly extensible, open source platform for earthquake hazard risk management. MAEviz is a model cyberenvironment that provides practical capabilities for researchers through decision-makers to model earthquake events, develop risk reduction strategies, and implement mitigation plans to minimize the impact of earthquake disasters while also providing a pathway for researchers to quickly add new algorithms and data to assure that decisions are based on state-of-the-art engineering understanding. While MAEviz is capable of interacting with remote data and computational sources, it is also fully capable of running analyses locally so research scientists and decision-makers can generate information when a catastrophic event occurs and provide first-responders result information. This article describes MAEviz's overall layered architecture, its foundation in the widely used Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP), and use of open-source middleware and geographic information system (GIS) components. MAEviz's data management capabilities and workflow-oriented execution model are also discussed with an emphasis on detailing MAEviz's capability to incorporate new data types and new analysis modules.