The Opt-o-Mizers Online Meeting
February 7, 2007
Version 2
Team Members Present:
Richard Bornhorst
Kathryn Poole
Shubh Krishna
Deepak Janardhanan
Robert Grillo
Meeting length: 1.5 hours
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Discussion of continuing the FCPS – Bus Routing problem o Group concluded that after the previous group work and the MPS Phase 2
Report (December 06), most of the research for this specific topic has been exhausted
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Discussion of group name o Without argument, the group decided on “The Opt-o-Mizers”
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Discussion of a new project idea o Group discussed ideas in the area of hazmat routing and public health issues o It was decided that the project would be an evacuation routing problem, likely based on evacuating Washington, DC after some sort of disaster
(such as a dirty bomb)
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Discussed various aspects of disaster planning that could be optimized (focused on evacuation and quarantine)
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Preliminary discussion of group roles o Rick was identified as the Problem Formulation lead o Kathryn was identified as the Technical lead o Roles will be formalized further in the following online meeting
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Action Items o Write problem statement o Contact Dr. Liu to request sponsorship o Contact Dr. Laskey regarding our current direction o Begin “Research Thread” on Google Group site o Add additional threads on aspects of the project that will need to be developed further in order to write the proposal
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Problem definition, project plan, preliminary requirements, technical approach, and presentation o Next online meeting - Friday, February 9, 2007
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Discuss research

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Further formalize problem
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Define group roles
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Outline plan to fulfill proposal requirements for February 15, 2007