Hincker, Lawrence2015-10-292015-10-292009-06-08http://hdl.handle.net/10919/62115Communities, particularly those in metropolitan areas, exist in an increasingly complex world where catastrophic events can devastate human lives and destroy the fabric of a functioning community constructed over decades. Virginia Tech researchers have for several years been developing and implementing sophisticated high performance computing-based methods for analyzing social systems and societal infrastructures for these challenges. Now, Virginia Tech, IBM, and Arlington County are partnering in a new project to develop informatic support for local government decision makers.text/htmlIn CopyrightNational Capital RegionPress releaseVirginia Tech. University Relations