Michelle Miller

Jinmeng Rao, Song Gao, Michelle Miller et al.

Quantifying the resilience in the food system is important for food security issues. In this work, we present a geospatial knowledge graph (GeoKG)-based method for measuring the resilience of a multi-commodity flow network. Specifically, we develop a CFS-GeoKG ontology to describe geospatial semantics of a multi-commodity flow network comprehensively, and design resilience metrics that measure the node-level and network-level dependence of single-sourcing, distant, or non-adjacent suppliers/customers in food supply chains. We conduct a case study of the US state-level agricultural multi-commodity flow network with hierarchical commodity types. The results indicate that, by leveraging GeoKG, our method supports measuring both node-level and network-level resilience across space and over time and also helps discover concentration patterns of agricultural resources in the spatial network at different geographic scales.

Yuxiao Qu, Jinmeng Rao, Song Gao et al.

Understanding and measuring the resilience of food supply networks is a global imperative to tackle increasing food insecurity. However, the complexity of these networks, with their multidimensional interactions and decisions, presents significant challenges. This paper proposes FLEE-GNN, a novel Federated Learning System for Edge-Enhanced Graph Neural Network, designed to overcome these challenges and enhance the analysis of geospatial resilience of multicommodity food flow network, which is one type of spatial networks. FLEE-GNN addresses the limitations of current methodologies, such as entropy-based methods, in terms of generalizability, scalability, and data privacy. It combines the robustness and adaptability of graph neural networks with the privacy-conscious and decentralized aspects of federated learning on food supply network resilience analysis across geographical regions. This paper also discusses FLEE-GNN's innovative data generation techniques, experimental designs, and future directions for improvement. The results show the advancements of this approach to quantifying the resilience of multicommodity food flow networks, contributing to efforts towards ensuring global food security using AI methods. The developed FLEE-GNN has the potential to be applied in other spatial networks with spatially heterogeneous sub-network distributions.