Applied-Analytics Tabu search, also called adaptive memory programming, is a method for solving challenging problems in the field of optimization. The goal is to identify the best decisions or actions in order to maximize some measure of merit (such as maximizing profit, effectiveness, quality, and social or scientific benefit) or to minimize some measure of demerit (cost, inefficiency, waste, and social or scientific loss). (Fred Glover and Manuel Laguna 2013)[ Glover F., Laguna M. (2013) Tabu Search∗. In: Pardalos P., Du DZ., Graham R. (eds) Handbook of Combinatorial Optimization. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.ou.edu/10.1007/978-1-4419-7997-1_17]

General: “the systematic distinguishing, ordering, and naming of type groups within a subject field” (Gove 1993). Civil Engineering: Taxonomy is defined as classifying structures into different groups, based on similarities in structural performance under natural hazards.

A measure of the interdependence between two or more variable in either a spatial or temporal sense.

Data-Architecture "Center investigators are engaged in resilience modeling and assessment of two small communities. The purpose of these testbeds is multi-fold: to enable the fundamental algorithms in IN-CORE to be initiated, developed and tested at an early stage of the Center research program before the measurement methods, data ontology and databases for modeling physical and social infrastructure systems and networks have fully matured; to provide guidance to NCSA software developers as to the mature of the algorithms that will be incorporated into IN-CORE; and to build working models of collaboration in teams of engineers, social scientists and computer scientists early in the Center research endeavor, something that has been elusive in previous large research centers. These testbeds will test the modeling, linkages and inter-dependencies between simple representations of building inventories, bridges and transportation systems, utility systems and the socioeconomic systems within the community that they support, and will inform the subsequent development of algorithms to estimate impact and recovery trajectories of systems that are essential for community resilience. The current testbeds will inform the development of more refined community resilience assessment methods in subsequent years of the Center research program." (Center for Risk Based Community Resilience Planning 2019; web) [Center for Risk Based Community Resilience Planning, Colorado State University. (2019). Testbed Communities. Retrieved from: http://resilience.colostate.edu/testbed.shtml]

Electronics "Network testbeds allow the effectiveness of algorithms and protocols to be evaluated by providing a controlled environment for measuring network performance." Test beds are used "for experimental evaluation of algorithms and protocols." (Akyildiz et al. 2008; 1588) [Akyildiz, I. F., Melodia, T., & Chowdhury, K. R. (2008). Wireless multimedia sensor networks: Applications and testbeds. Proceedings of the IEEE, 96(10), 1588-1605.]

Engineering "A model... developed for estimating fragility functions that depend on the degree of structural deterioration." These models are "used to model the change in the structure over time due to exposure to different environmental conditions. The effect of deterioration on structural demand and capacities is considered in the evaluation of the fragility functions." (Rao et al. 2017; 67) [Rao, A. S., Lepech, M. D., & Kiremidjian, A. (2017). Development of time-dependent fragility functions for deteriorating reinforced concrete bridge piers. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 13(1), 67-83.]