IP Library Granted Patent US 11,202,188
Granted Patent B1
US 11,202,188 · App. 16/948,448 · Granted Dec 14, 2021

Method and system for personalized evacuation advice with deep mixture models

Inventors: Aaron K. Baughman (Cary, NC); Shikhar Kwatra (San Jose, CA); John D. Wilson (League City, TX); Sarbajit K. Rakshit (Kolkata, IN)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H04W4/90G06K9/6277G08B27/006H04W4/029
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Patent No.
US 11,202,188
App. No.
16/948,448
Granted
Dec 14, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for determining an evacuation destination for an evacuee. The method comprises generating a plurality of clusters for a geographical region based on data received from a plurality of mobile devices and determining the demographics for the geographical region based on generated plurality of clusters. Receiving a request for an evacuation destination from an evacuee mobile device and selecting the evacuation destination from a plurality of evacuation destination based on the demographics of the evacuee and the demographics of the geographical region. Transmitting the selected evacuation destination to the evacuee mobile device.

Claims (47)

1. A method for determining an evacuation destination for an evacuee, the method comprising:

generating, by a computer, a plurality of clusters for a geographical region based on data received from a plurality of mobile devices;

determining, by the computer, the demographics for the geographical region based on generated plurality of clusters;

receiving, by the computer, a request for an evacuation destination from an evacuee mobile device;

selecting, by the computer, the evacuation destination from a plurality of evacuation destination based on the demographics of the evacuee and the demographics of the geographical region; and

transmitting, by the computer, the selected evacuation destination to the evacuee mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of evacuation destination are designated for different demographic groups within the geographical region.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the different demographic groups are based on the generated cluster for the geographical region.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the demographics for the evacuee are determined, by the computer, by applying a mixture model to the generated clusters to determine probability that the evacuee has certain demographics.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the mixture model is a Gaussian mixture model.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the computer, a request for transportation from the evacuee.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

determining, by the computer, a type of transportation need for the evacuee, wherein the type of transportation is determined from the demographics for the evacuee, wherein the type of transportation is selected from either a specialized transportation or a normal transportation.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprises:

determining, by the computer, a route for transporting the evacuee to the selected evacuation destination; and

determining, by the computer, a pickup location and a pickup time for the evacuee;

wherein the transmitting, by the computer, the selected evacuation destination to the evacuee mobile device further comprises transmitting, by the computer, the pickup location and the pick up time for the transportation to the evacuation destination.

9. A computer program product for determining an evacuation destination for an evacuee, the computer program product comprising:

one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:

program instructions to generate a plurality of clusters for a geographical region based on data received from a plurality of mobile devices;

program instructions to determine the demographics for the geographical region based on generated plurality of clusters;

program instructions to receive a request for an evacuation destination from an evacuee mobile device;

program instructions to select the evacuation destination from a plurality of evacuation destination based on the demographics of the evacuee and the demographics of the geographical region; and

program instructions to transmit the selected evacuation destination to the evacuee mobile device.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein each of the plurality of evacuation destination are designated for different demographic groups within the geographical region.

11. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the different demographic groups are based on the generated cluster for the geographical region.

12. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the demographics for the evacuee are determined by applying a mixture model to the generated clusters to determine probability that the evacuee has certain demographics.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the mixture model is a Gaussian mixture model.

14. The computer program product of claim 9 , further comprising:

program instructions to receive a request for transportation from the evacuee.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 , further comprising:

program instructions to determine a type of transportation need for the evacuee, wherein the type of transportation is determined from the demographics for the evacuee, wherein the type of transportation is selected from either a specialized transportation or a normal transportation.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , further comprises:

program instructions to determine a route for transporting the evacuee to the selected evacuation destination;

program instructions to determine a pickup location and a pickup time for the evacuee; and

wherein the program instructions to transmit the selected evacuation destination to the evacuee mobile device further comprises program instructions to transmit the pickup location and the pickup time for the transportation to the evacuation destination.

17. A computer system for determining an evacuation destination for an evacuee, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors, one or more computer-readable storage media, and program instructions stored on one or more of the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:

program instructions to generate a plurality of clusters for a geographical region based on data received from a plurality of mobile devices;

program instructions to determine the demographics for the geographical region based on generated plurality of clusters;

program instructions to receive a request for an evacuation destination from an evacuee mobile device;

program instructions to select the evacuation destination from a plurality of evacuation destination based on the demographics of the evacuee and the demographics of the geographical region; and

program instructions to transmit the selected evacuation destination to the evacuee mobile device.

18. The computer system of claim 17 , wherein each of the plurality of evacuation destination are designated for different demographic groups within the geographical region.

19. The computer system of claim 18 , wherein the different demographic groups are based on the generated cluster for the geographical region.

20. The computer system of claim 19 , wherein the demographics for the evacuee are determined by applying a mixture model to the generated clusters to determine probability that the evacuee has certain demographics.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2020
From: BAUGHMAN, AARON K.; KWATRA, SHIKHAR; WILSON, JOHN D.; RAKSHIT, SARBAJIT K.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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