<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article key="pdf/10000097" mdate="2015-01-13 00:00:00"> <author>C. Li and G. Coates and N. Johnson and M. McGuinness</author> <title>Designing an AgentBased Model of SMEs to Assess Flood Response Strategies and Resilience</title> <pages>7 - 12</pages> <year>2015</year> <volume>9</volume> <number>1</number> <journal>International Journal of Bioengineering and Life Sciences</journal> <ee>https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10000097</ee> <url>https://publications.waset.org/vol/97</url> <publisher>World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology</publisher> <abstract>In the UK, flooding is responsible for significant losses to the economy due to the impact on businesses, the vast majority of which are Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Businesses of this nature tend to lack formal plans to aid their response to and recovery from disruptive events such as flooding. This paper reports on work on how an agentbased model (ABM) is being developed based on interview data gathered from SMEs atrisk of flooding andor have direct experience of flooding. The ABM will enable simulations to be performed allowing investigations of different response strategies which SMEs may employ to lessen the impact of flooding, thus strengthening their resilience. </abstract> <index>Open Science Index 97, 2015</index> </article>