Modeling Methodology for Component Reuse and System Integration for Hurricane Loss Projection Application

Abstract

Hurricanes are one of the deadliest and perilous natural calamities on the face of earth having a severe impact both on the lives of the people and economy of a nation. Attempts have been made to mitigate hurricane aftermath, by utilizing research and tools that can analyze hurricanes and estimate projected losses. The need for such research methodologies and tools stimulated the development of a multi-disciplinary cutting edge public hurricane model called public hurricane risk and insured loss projection model (PHRLM). The complex and diverse nature of the application raises the need for module abstraction, seamless integration and effective reusability to create a uniform generic environment. Providing efficient interaction between these complex multi-disciplinary modules using different abstractions, formalisms, data formats and communications and making each module transparent enough to be reusable becomes a complicated task. This paper presents a UML based formal modeling methodology, enabling component reuse and integration of the application