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Kui Wang; Jose Marti; Ming Bai; K.D. Srivastava |
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Optimal decision maker algorithm for disaster response management with I2Sim applications |
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2012 |
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ISCRAM 2012 Conference Proceedings – 9th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2012 |
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Algorithms; Computer software; Disasters; Emergency services; Information systems; Lagrange multipliers; Optimization; Human-readable; I2Sim toolbox; Infrastructure interdependencies; Infrastructure resources; Infrastructures interdependencies; Optimization algorithms; Software simulation; University of British Columbia; Decision making |
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Disaster response management has become an important area of research in recent years, with authorities spending more resources in the area. Infrastructure resource interdependencies are key critical points for a system to operate optimally. After a disaster occurs, infrastructures would have sustained certain degrees of damage, the allocation of limited resources to maximize human survival becomes a top priority. The I2Sim (Infrastructures Interdependencies Simulator) research group at the University of British Columbia (UBC) has developed a software simulation toolbox to help authorities plan for disaster responses. This paper presents an optimization decision algorithm based on Lagrange multipliers, which provides the theoretical basis for I2Sim software decision maker layer. There is a simple scenario of three hospitals constructed with the I2Sim toolbox to illustrate the interdependencies of water and electricity. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Simon Fraser University |
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Vancouver, BC |
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L. Rothkrantz, J. Ristvej, Z.Franco |
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Track Decision Support Methods for Complex Crises |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Marcus Dombois; Timo Bittner; Uwe Rüppel |
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Approaching the criticality of information for emergency response and control center operations |
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2018 |
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ISCRAM 2018 Conference Proceedings – 15th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Iscram 2018 |
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388-397 |
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Criticality analysis, information management, emergency services and procedures |
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Successful emergency response and control center operations rely on a great number of information sources. The importance of said information becomes immediately obvious if it is not available when required during an emergency situation. This can be described as the criticality of information, signifying a potential need for action to prepare for functional failures. The concept described in this paper approaches the criticality via an analysis that examines various combinations of information sources and situations in order to identify weaknesses and improve existing procedures. The proposed semi-quantitative assessment was developed taking several attributes and characteristics of criticality into account and afterwards conducted in close cooperation with emergency response institutions. |
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Rochester Institute of Technology |
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Rochester, NY (USA) |
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Kees Boersma; Brian Tomaszeski |
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2411-3387 |
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978-0-692-12760-5 |
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Planning, Foresight and Risk Analysis |
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ISCRAM 2018 Conference Proceedings - 15th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Michael Alles; Alexander Kogan; Miklos Vasarhelyi; Starr Roxanne Hiltz; Murray Turoff |
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Assuring homeland security: Continuous monitoring, control and assurance of Emergency Preparedness |
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2004 |
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Proceedings of ISCRAM 2004 – 1st International Workshop on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2004 |
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Civil defense; Information systems; Risk management; Assurance; Continuous auditing; Crisis management; Emergency management; Emergency response; Emergency services |
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This paper examines the potential relationships of Auditing and Emergency Preparedness with respect to the domain of the design of Emergency Response Information Systems. It proposes normative objectives for the integration of all these areas in the design of future organizational systems. It also proposes a series of steps to evolve in this direction and create a new interdisciplinary professional community to guide research and development for this field of endeavor. © Proceedings ISCRAM 2004. |
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Accounting Information Systems, Rutgers University, United States; Department of Information Systems, New Jersey Institute of Technology, United States |
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Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium |
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Brussels |
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B. Van de Walle, B. Carle |
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9076971080 |
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1st International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Stephen Potter; Gerhard Wickler |
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Model-based query systems for emergency response |
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2008 |
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Proceedings of ISCRAM 2008 – 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2008 |
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Artificial intelligence; Information systems; Models; Advanced sensors; Command-and-control; Emergency responders; Emergency response; Fire emergencies; General architectures; Grid technologies; Query systems; Emergency services |
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In this paper we describe the approach adopted and experiences gained during a project to develop a general architecture that aims to harness advanced sensor, modelling and Grid technologies to assist emergency responders in tackling emergencies (specifically fire emergencies). Here we focus on the command and control aspects of this architecture, and in particular, on a query-based approach that has been adopted to allow end users to interact with available models of physical and other phenomena. The development of this has provided a number of insights about the use of such models, which along with the approach itself, should be of interest to any considering similar applications. |
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AIAI, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
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Washington, DC |
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F. Fiedrich, B. Van de Walle |
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Intelligent Systems for Crisis and Disaster Management |
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5th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Stephen Potter; Austin Tate; Gerhard Wickler |
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Using I-X process panels as intelligent to-do lists for agent coordination in emergency response |
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2006 |
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Proceedings of ISCRAM 2006 – 3rd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2006 |
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272-281 |
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Information systems; User interfaces; Web services; Agent coordination; Distributed systems; Domain model; Emergency responders; Emergency response; HTN planning; Multiple instances; Standard operating procedures; Emergency services |
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The aim of this paper is to describe the I-X system with its principal user interface, the I-X Process Panel, its underlying ontology, , and how this panel can be used as an intelligent to-do list that assists emergency responders in applying pre-defined standard operating procedures in different types of emergencies. In particular, multiple instances of I-X Process Panels can be used as a distributed system to coordinate the efforts of independent emergency responders as well as responders within the same organization. Furthermore, it can be used as an agent wrapper for other software systems such as web services to integrate these into the emergency response team as virtual members. The heart of the I-X system is an automated planner that can be used to synthesize courses of action or explore alternative options manually. |
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AIAI, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
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Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium |
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Newark, NJ |
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B. Van de Walle, M. Turoff |
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9090206019; 9789090206011 |
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3rd International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Gerhard Wickler; Austin Tate; Stephen Potter |
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Integrating discrete event and process-level simulation for flexible training in the I-X framework |
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2007 |
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Intelligent Human Computer Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2007 Academic Proceedings Papers |
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ISCRAM 2007 |
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Discrete event simulation; Information systems; Personnel training; Activity modeling; Agent Framework; Discrete-event simulators; Emergency response; Flexible trainings; Fully integrated; HTN planning; Training scenario; Emergency services |
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The aim of this paper is to describe I-Sim, a simulation tool that is a fully integrated part of the underlying agent framework, I-X. I-Sim controls a discrete event simulator, based on the same activity model that is shared between all I-X components, and multiple process-level simulators that model the continuous change caused by actions that are considered as primitives by the rest of the system. The primary purpose of this tool is to support instructors during exercises that are used for training in emergency response. The main advantage the I-Sim tool gives the instructors is flexibility, allowing them to orchestrate and modify existing training scenarios on the fly, adapting them to trainees' needs as required. |
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AIAI, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
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Delft |
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B. Van de Walle, P. Burghardt, K. Nieuwenhuis |
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4th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Adriaan Ter Mors; Xiaoyu Mao; Nicola Roos; Cees Witteveen; Alfons H. Salden |
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Multi-agent system support for scheduling aircraft de-icing |
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2007 |
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Intelligent Human Computer Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2007 Academic Proceedings Papers |
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ISCRAM 2007 |
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Aircraft; Emergency services; Intelligent agents; Multi agent systems; Scheduling; Snow and ice removal; Aircraft deicing; Coordination; Coordination strategy; Decision mechanism; Emergency responders; Emergency situation; Incident Management; Unexpected incidents; Aircraft accidents |
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Results from disaster research suggest that methods for coordination between individual emergency responders and organizations should recognize the independence and autonomy of these actors. These actor features are key factors in effective adaptation and improvisation of response to emergency situations which are inherently uncertain. Autonomy and adaptability are also well-known aspects of a multi-agent system (MAS). In this paper we present two MAS strategies that can effectively handle aircraft deicing incidents. These MAS strategies help improve to prevent and reduce e.g. airplane delays at deicing stations due to changing weather conditions or incidents at the station, where aircraft agents adopting pre-made plans that would act on behalf of aircraft pilots or companies, would only create havoc. Herein each agent using its own decision mechanism deliberates about the uncertainty in the problem domain and the preferences (or priorities) of the agents. Furthermore, taking both these issues into account each proposed MAS strategy outperforms a naive first-come, first-served coordination strategy. The simulation results help pilots and companies taking decisions with respect to the scheduling of the aircraft for deicing when unexpected incidents occur: they provide insights in the impacts and means for robust selection of incident-specific strategies on e.g. deicing station delays of (individual) aircraft. |
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Almende B.V., Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands; Almende B.V., Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands; MICC, IKAT, Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands; EWI, Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands; Almende B.V., Netherlands |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
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Delft |
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B. Van de Walle, P. Burghardt, K. Nieuwenhuis |
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4th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Markus Quaritsch; Robert Kuschnig; Hermann Hellwagner; Bernard Rinner |
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Fast aerial image acquisition and mosaicking for emergency response operations by collaborative UAVs |
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2011 |
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8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: From Early-Warning Systems to Preparedness and Training, ISCRAM 2011 |
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ISCRAM 2011 |
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Fire extinguishers; Information systems; Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV); User interfaces; Aerial imaging; Collaborative microdrones; Emergency response; Firefighters; Multiple UAVs; Overview images; Emergency services |
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Small-scale unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have recently gained a lot of interest for various applications such as surveillance, environmental monitoring and emergency response operations. These battery-powered and easy-to-steer aerial robots are equipped with cameras and can promptly acquire aerial images. In this paper we describe our system of multiple UAVs that are able to fly autonomously over an area of interest and generate an overview image of that area. Intuitive and easy user interaction is a key property of our system: The user specifies the area of interest on an electronic map. The flight routes for the UAVs are automatically computed from this specification and the generated overview is presented in a Google-Earth like user interface. We have tested and demonstrated our multi-UAV system on a large fire service drill. Our system provided a high-resolution overview image of the 5.5 ha large test site with regular updates, proved that it is easy to handle, fast to deploy, and useful for the firefighters. |
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Alpen Adria Universität, Klagenfurt, Austria |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
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Lisbon |
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M.A. Santos, L. Sousa, E. Portela |
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2411-3387 |
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8th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Rui Chen; Raghav H. Rao; Raj Sharman; Shambhu J Upadhyaya; Catherine Cook-Cottone |
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Examination of emergency response from knowledge and psychology perspectives |
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ISCRAM 2010 – 7th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Defining Crisis Management 3.0, Proceedings |
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ISCRAM 2010 |
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Information systems; Emergency response; Emergency Response Information Systems; Emergency response management; Knowledge; Organizational effectiveness; Psychological factors; Psychology; Research-in-progress; Emergency services |
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This research-in-progress examines the roles of technology and human systems in supporting emergency response management through the dual perspectives of knowledge and psychology. Task critical knowledge is linked to organizational effectiveness in delivering business value and psychological factors characterize the unique challenges of an emergency context. This exploratory research is among the first to develop a theoretical model based on these two important yet understudied theoretical aspects. The article contributes to the research development in emergency response information systems and sheds light on the organizational response management practice. |
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Ball State University, United States; State University of New York, Buffalo, United States |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
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Seattle, WA |
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S. French, B. Tomaszewski, C. Zobel |
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7th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Mark Gaynor; Reuven Messer; Dan Myung; Steve Moulton |
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Applications for emergency medical services |
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Proceedings of ISCRAM 2006 – 3rd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2006 |
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Artificial intelligence; Emergency services; Hospitals; Information systems; Mobile computing; Mobile devices; Resuscitation; Web services; Current technology; Data transport; Emergency medical services; Emerging technologies; First responders; Patient care; Research efforts; Wireless sensor; Medical computing |
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Today, despite the obvious need, pre-hospital providers cannot send real-time electronic patient care information from the field to a receiving hospital. This lack of field awareness and inability to plan for the arrival-or anticipate the needs-of seriously ill or injured patients can lead to the misdirection of patients and the loss of valuable time in the early phases of resuscitation. We believe, however, that current technology can address these shortcomings and that is the focus of our research efforts. This paper discusses how several countries, including Israel, Sweden, Britain and the United States, are addressing the need to better triage patients from the field to an appropriate hospital or trauma center. It also introduces a potential solution, called iRevive, which uses emerging technology such as sensors, wireless WAN data transport, web services, artificial intelligence, and mobile devices to meet the dynamic needs of first responders and the hospitals they serve. |
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Boston University, School of Management, 10 Blade, United States |
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Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium |
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Newark, NJ |
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B. Van de Walle, M. Turoff |
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9090206019; 9789090206011 |
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PERSONAL AREA NETWORKS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE |
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3rd International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Mark Gaynor; Alan Pearce; Scott Brander |
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Open infrastructure for a nationwide emergency services network |
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Proceedings of ISCRAM 2008 – 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2008 |
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Information systems; Network architecture; Wireless telecommunication systems; 700MHz spectrum; Broadband wireless network; Federal communications commission; Public private partnerships; Public safety; Theoretical modeling; Emergency services |
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The paper suggests and supports a public policy in which the Federal Communications Commission should seize a unique opportunity to resolve some of the nation's critical communications problems in times of crises with the allocation of a portion of the spectrum at 700 MHz for the deployment of a nationwide interoperable emergency broadband wireless network built by a public-private partnership. It then presents a convincing theoretical model that advocates that an open and/or neutral, as opposed to a closed, network will add greater efficiency, greater choice, while advancing public safety along with the deployment of new and valuable technologies, applications and services. |
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Boston University, United States; Information Age Economics, United States; Harvard University, United States |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
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Washington, DC |
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F. Fiedrich, B. Van de Walle |
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Communication Systems and Technologies for Crisis and Disaster Responses |
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5th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Raj Prasanna; Lili Yang; Malcolm King |
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GDIA: A cognitive task analysis protocol to capture the information requirements of emergency first responders |
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2009 |
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ISCRAM 2009 – 6th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Boundary Spanning Initiatives and New Perspectives |
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ISCRAM 2009 |
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Information systems; Job analysis; Cognitive task analysis; Cta; Development and applications; Emergency response; Fire and rescue services; First responders; Gdia; Information requirement; Emergency services |
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As a partial requirement of the development of an information system for the UK fire and rescue services, this paper describes the development and application of a protocol capable of capturing the information requirements of fire and rescue first responders. After evaluating the existing techniques commonly used in difficult decision-making environments, a Goal Directed Information Analysis (GDIA) protocol is proposed. The clearly defined, repeatable steps of GDIA make it a requirements-gathering protocol which can be easily administered by an investigator without any prior knowledge or experience of the tool. This makes GDIA one of the very few information requirements-gathering protocols capable of capturing the requirements of the emergency-related domains. |
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Business School, Loughborough University, United Kingdom |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
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Gothenburg |
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J. Landgren, S. Jul |
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2411-3387 |
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9789163347153 |
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6th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Naveen Ashish; Sharad Mehrotra |
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Community driven data integration for emergency response |
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Conference Article |
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2010 |
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ISCRAM 2010 – 7th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Defining Crisis Management 3.0, Proceedings |
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ISCRAM 2010 |
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Decision support systems; Information retrieval; Information systems; Community driven approach; Emergency response; Information aggregation; Information integration; Integration capability; Situational awareness systems; Situational-awareness; Software-as-service; Emergency services |
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This paper describes our work in progress on an approach and technology for providing integrated data access in situational awareness applications – particularly for disaster and emergency response. The key new aspect of our work is an approach where information aggregation, processing, and integration capabilities are offered as a service to any new application builder. Further, we provide a framework for possibly reusing prior information integration knowledge, the development of which demands the major fraction of time and complexity in a new application, in a customized fashion for new application. Our overall goal is to provide a framework where integrated access to critical data in an emergency response situation can be enabled very rapidly and by personnel with basic IT and data handling expertise. Our approach, while general purpose, is currently motivated by and grounded in the context of situational awareness systems for incident commander decision support in the fire response domain. |
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Calit2, University of California, Irvine, United Kingdom; ICS, University of California, Irvine, United States |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
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Seattle, WA |
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S. French, B. Tomaszewski, C. Zobel |
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English |
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7th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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274 |
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Belinda Braunstein; Troy Trimble; Rajesh Mishra; B.S. Manoj; Leslie Lenert; Ramesh R. Rao |
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Challenges in using of distributed wireless mesh networks in emergency response |
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2006 |
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Proceedings of ISCRAM 2006 – 3rd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2006 |
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30-38 |
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Accidents; Computer network performance evaluation; Diseases; Emergency services; Information systems; Wireless mesh networks (WMN); Broadband Communication; Distributed management; Distributed wireless; Hybrid wireless mesh network; Large scale disasters; Performance evaluation; Topology control; Wireless Mesh networks (WMNs); MESH networking |
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Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) are formed by self-organized wireless nodes that use multi-hop wireless relaying. These networks are useable in a variety of situations ranging from fixed residential broadband networking based on rooftop wireless mesh nodes to emergency response networks for handling large scale disasters. Quick deployability, minimal configuration, broadband communication, and easiness of reconfigurability are the major characteristics that make WMNs a suitable choice for emergency applications. There exist several open research issues in using such WMNs for emergency response applications. We, in this paper, present a hybrid distributed wireless networking architecture, Extreme Networking System (ENS), and present large set of performance observations collected from a real distributed hybrid wireless mesh network used for supporting a medical emergency response application. We present the traffic behavior observed in our network when a client server medical emergency response application is employed. The performance observations on real-traffic scenarios for emergency response application underlines the need for focusing further research on topology control, reliability, service availability, and distributed management. We observed that though there are several challenges that need to be solved, a WMN is a favorable choice for emergency response networking. |
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CalIT2-UCSD, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093-0436, United States |
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Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium |
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Newark, NJ |
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B. Van de Walle, M. Turoff |
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English |
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English |
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2411-3387 |
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9090206019; 9789090206011 |
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WORKSHOP ON FUTURE COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE |
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3rd International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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344 |
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Ahmed Nagy; Jeannie Stamberger |
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Crowd sentiment detection during disasters and crises |
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2012 |
Publication |
ISCRAM 2012 Conference Proceedings – 9th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2012 |
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Bayesian networks; Emergency services; Information systems; Risk management; Social networking (online); Crisis management; Disaster response; Emergency management; Short message; Twitter; Disasters |
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Microblogs are an opportunity for scavenging critical information such as sentiments. This information can be used to detect rapidly the sentiment of the crowd towards crises or disasters. It can be used as an effective tool to inform humanitarian efforts, and improve the ways in which informative messages are crafted for the crowd regarding an event. Unique characteristics of microblogs (lack of context, use of jargon etc) in Tweets expressed by a message-sharing social network during a disaster response require special handling to identify sentiment. We present a systematic evaluation of approaches to accurately and precisely identify sentiment in these Tweets. This paper describes sentiment detection expressed in 3698 Tweets, collected during the September 2010, San Bruno, California gas explosion and resulting fires. The data collected was manually coded to benchmark our techniques. We start by using a library of words with annotated sentiment, SentiWordNet 3.0, to detect the basic sentiment of each Tweet. We complemented that technique by adding a comprehensive list of emoticons, a sentiment based dictionary and a list of out-of-vocabulary words that are popular in brief, online text communications such as lol, wow, etc. Our technique performed 27% better than Bayesian Networks alone, and the combination of Bayesian networks with annotated lists provided marginal improvements in sentiment detection than various combinations of lists. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley, IMT Lucca Institute of Advanced Studies, United States; Disaster Management Initiative, Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley, United States |
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Simon Fraser University |
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Vancouver, BC |
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L. Rothkrantz, J. Ristvej, Z.Franco |
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English |
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English |
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2411-3387 |
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9780864913326 |
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Social Media and Collaborative Systems |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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173 |
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Hans Zimmermann |
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Recent developments in emergency telecommunications |
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Conference Article |
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2005 |
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Proceedings of ISCRAM 2005 – 2nd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2005 |
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327-334 |
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Disasters; Information systems; Telecommunication; Analysis and evaluation; Early warning; Emergency; Emergency preparedness and response; Mitigation; Regulatory frameworks; Response; Telecommunication technologies; Emergency services |
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Recent Developments in the telecommunication technology offer a number of additional tools not only for the providers of emergency and disaster response, but may also facilitate early warning. Their application depends, however, on the regulatory framework governing telecommunications and on their appropriateness for the specific requirements in the pre-, peri- and postimpact phases of an event. Telecommunications are a key element for to the success of emergency preparedness and response, and the application of all available technologies and networks saves lives. The recent events in the Indian Ocean Region will have to be the subject of detailed analysis and evaluation of all existing mechanisms, hopefully leading to improvements in the organizational and operational field. First information available already in the immediate aftermath of the events of 26 December 2004 has been applied to the considerations in the present paper. |
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CEASA, IARU, United States |
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Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium |
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Brussels |
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B. Van de Walle, B. Carle |
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English |
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English |
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2411-3387 |
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9076971099 |
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EMERGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT AND WARNING SYSTEMS |
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2nd International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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1163 |
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Louise K. Comfort; Brian A. Chalfant; Jee Eun Song; Mengyao Chen; Brian Colella |
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Managing information processes in disaster events: The impact of superstorm sandy on business organizations |
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2014 |
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ISCRAM 2014 Conference Proceedings – 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2014 |
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230-239 |
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Disasters; Information systems; Societies and institutions; Storms; Business organizations; Community resiliences; Disaster response; Emergency response systems; Government agencies; Intergovernmental communication and coordination; Non profit organizations; Organizational network; Emergency services |
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Building community resilience to natural disasters represents a major policy priority for the United States as hazards impact vulnerable urban regions with increasing frequency and severity. Applying network analysis techniques, we examine the dynamics of emergency response to Superstorm Sandy, which struck the United States east coast in late October 2012 and caused over $72 billion in damages. Drawing on a variety of data sources and analytical techniques, we document the storm's impact on a system of interacting private, public, and nonprofit organizations. We find that the storm's response network exhibited clear patterns of information gaps and flows among different types of organizations. Our findings suggest a general lack of communication between government agencies and businesses, an area of potential improvement in future regional-scale emergency response systems. |
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Center for Disaster Management, University of Pittsburgh, United States |
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The Pennsylvania State University |
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University Park, PA |
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S.R. Hiltz, M.S. Pfaff, L. Plotnick, and P.C. Shih. |
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English |
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2411-3387 |
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9780692211946 |
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Decision Support Systems |
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11th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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409 |
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Michael J. Marich; Thomas A. Horan; Benjamin Schooley |
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Understanding IT governance within the San Mateo County Emergency Medical Service agency |
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2008 |
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Proceedings of ISCRAM 2008 – 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2008 |
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451-461 |
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Architecture; Information services; Information systems; Architectural quality; Emergency medical services; Emergency response systems; Governance; Information and technologies; Organizational dimensions; Public and private sector; Time-critical; Emergency services |
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This paper examines inter-organizational governance within the context of a County wide Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system. Through a case study approach that included an action research methodology, this paper reports research findings on how one multi-organizational EMS system in California designed a process to establish an inter-organizational IT governance structure. The process resulted in EMS stakeholders defining architectural qualities that could be used to drive the EMS enterprise to a higher level of architecture maturity. That is, away from inherent business silos and towards greater levels of standardization and integration of information and technology across all stakeholder groups. The San Mateo County, CA Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system provided the case study context to better understand characteristics of a high performing emergency response system. The unique governance structure of this case allowed researchers to formulate a preliminary understanding of what IT governance is within this context and how it plays a role within private and not-for-profit sector large-scale, inter-organizational, emergency response systems. We applied the time critical information services (TCIS) framework to the specific setting of the San Mateo EMS strategic redesign initiative. The TCIS framework was used to drive roundtable discussions and in addition to obtaining a better understanding of the governance dimension, much was also learned about the operational and organizational dimensions of a high performing emergency response system. From these discussions, a set of 11 key findings were developed in order to guide the county's procurement strategy and future strategic direction. The impact of these findings is that they will be used to formulate public and private sector service contracts that will remain in effect for the next 10 years. |
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Claremont Graduate University, United States |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
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Washington, DC |
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F. Fiedrich, B. Van de Walle |
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English |
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English |
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2411-3387 |
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9780615206974 |
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Information Coordination between Heterogeneous Emergency and Relief Agencies |
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5th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Andrea H. Tapia; Kathleen A. Moore; Nichloas J. Johnson |
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Beyond the trustworthy tweet: A deeper understanding of microblogged data use by disaster response and humanitarian relief organizations |
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2013 |
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ISCRAM 2013 Conference Proceedings – 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2013 |
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770-779 |
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Disasters; Information management; Information systems; Societies and institutions; Humanitarian; Microblogging; Ngo; Relief; Trust; Twitter; Emergency services |
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In this paper we present findings from interviews conducted with representatives from large international disaster response organizations concerning their use of social media data in crisis response. We present findings in which the barriers to use by responding organizations have gone beyond simple discussions of trustworthiness to that of more operational issues rather than mere data quality. We argue that the landscape of the use of microblogged data in crisis response is varied, with pockets of use and acceptance among organizations. We found that microblogged data is useful to responders in situations where information is limited, such as at the beginning of an emergency response effort, and when the risks of ignoring an accurate response outweigh the risks of acting on an incorrect one. In some situations, such as search and rescue operations, microblogged data may never meet the standards of quality required. In others, such as resource and supply management, microblogging data could be useful as long as it is appropriately verified and classified. |
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College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University, United States |
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Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie |
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KIT; Baden-Baden |
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T. Comes, F. Fiedrich, S. Fortier, J. Geldermann and T. Müller |
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English |
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2411-3387 |
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9783923704804 |
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Social Media |
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10th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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993 |
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Bo Yu; Guoray Cai |
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Coordination of emergency response operations via the event-based awareness mechanism |
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2012 |
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ISCRAM 2012 Conference Proceedings – 9th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2012 |
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Information systems; Awareness; Coordination; Dependency; Emergency response; Event Processing; Emergency services |
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Emergency response involves collaboration among search and rescue workers, medical staff, transportation coordinators, and others to save human lives and minimize damages. While carrying out local activities, members of the teams must also attend to new events happening elsewhere that may affect their work, and be prepared to adjust their activities accordingly. This paper describes a computer supported coordination system, DACE (Dependency-based Awareness and Coordination Environment), which offers a scalable solution to coordination in emergency response. The system serves as a cognitive aid to human actors in both maintaining a group mental model of the overall collaborative activities and their dependencies, and determining the effects of events as they propagate through the web of dependencies. We demonstrate the principles and utility of the DACE system through a hypothetical scenario of search and rescue exercise. This work contributes to the goal of scaling up awareness-based coordination in emergency response. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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College of Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States |
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Simon Fraser University |
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Vancouver, BC |
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L. Rothkrantz, J. Ristvej, Z.Franco |
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English |
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9780864913326 |
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Event-Driven Techniques and Methods for Crisis Management |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Philip Fei Wu; Yan Qu; Jennifer Preece; Kenneth R. Fleischmann; Jennifer Golbeck; Paul T. Jaeger; Ben Shneiderman |
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Community response grid (CRG) for a university campus: Design requirements and implications |
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2008 |
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Proceedings of ISCRAM 2008 – 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2008 |
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Information systems; Social networking (online); Community participation; Community response; Crg; Emergency response; Emergency response systems; Participatory design; University campus; Web interface design; Emergency services |
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This paper describes the initial stages of the participatory design of a community-oriented emergency response system for a university campus. After reviewing related work and the current University emergency response system, this paper describes our participatory design process, discusses initial findings from a design requirement survey and from our interactions with different stakeholders, and proposes a Web interface design for a community response grid system. The prototyping of the system demonstrates the possibility of fostering a social-network-based community participation in emergency response, and also identifies concerns raised by potential users and by the professional responder community. |
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College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, United States; Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, United States |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
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Washington, DC |
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F. Fiedrich, B. Van de Walle |
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English |
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Social Networking, Web Collaboration and e Participation in Crisis and Risk Managements |
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5th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Sukumar Dwarkanath; Michael Daconta |
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Emergency services enterprise framework: A service-oriented approach |
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2006 |
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Proceedings of ISCRAM 2006 – 3rd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2006 |
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298-304 |
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Information analysis; Information systems; All-hazards; Emergency response; Enterprise framework; Information sharing; Key elements; Service-oriented approaches; Service-oriented enterprise; Strategic goals; Emergency services |
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The current Emergency Services landscape is characterized by a number of systems and networks that are isolated in nature, thus making information sharing impractical, if not impossible. Such an environment does not promote ease of information sharing, and each incident highlights the need for efficient collaboration and coordination, and the need for a holistic internetwork-a series of virtual interconnected networks-approach. In other words, it requires an overall framework that looks at safety as an overall enterprise, (albeit one with thousands of independent agency owners), with the strategic goal to facilitate greater collaboration and effectiveness of operations, and to ensure a streamlined and efficient prevention of, response to, and recovery from all-hazards. 1 Adopting a Service-Oriented enterprise approach is extremely useful and has number of advantages in such an environment. This paper defines a framework-in the context of an enterprise-an envisioned Emergency Services Enterprise Framework, and identifies the key elements of this framework. |
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COMCARE, Australia |
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Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium |
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Newark, NJ |
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B. Van de Walle, M. Turoff |
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English |
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9090206019; 9789090206011 |
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HUMAN FACTORS IN MULTI-AGENCY CRISIS MANAGEMENT |
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3rd International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Delia Berrouard; Krisztina Cziner; Adrian Boukalov |
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Emergency scenario user perspective in public safety communication systems |
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Conference Article |
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2006 |
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Proceedings of ISCRAM 2006 – 3rd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2006 |
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386-396 |
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Information systems; Spatial distribution; Telecommunication; Communication technologies; Emergency response; Emergency situation; Information flows; Organization structures; Public safety; Public safety communications; User study; Emergency services |
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In the area of emergency response communication technologies, consideration of organization structure is critical in order to begin the understanding of user needs and optimize the development of effective technologies. User studies were carried out during the Wireless Deployable Network System European project-WIDENS. This paper discusses the information flow and spatial distribution of different European organizations involved in emergency response for various large-scale scenarios. The paper presents the operational view of emergency situation and related communication flows in several countries. Key results revealed that similarities exist in organizational roles, holding specific responsibilities in terms of location and task. Hierarchical arrangements and information flow may also be similar. However, difficulties lie in the efficient transmission of information due to slow information flow. Spatial distribution of personnel varies for scenarios. Future European studies are recommended for the advancement of our understanding of these newly addressed issues in public safety communication technologies and the needs of users in Europe. |
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Communication laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology (HUT), P.O: Box 2300, Fin-02015 Hut, Finland |
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Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium |
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Newark, NJ |
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B. Van de Walle, M. Turoff |
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English |
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English |
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2411-3387 |
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9090206019; 9789090206011 |
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RESEARCH METHODS IN CRISIS DECISION MAKING |
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3rd International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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315 |
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María Hernandez; Susana Montero; David Díez; Ignacio Aedo; Paloma Díaz |
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Towards an interoperable data model for forest fire reports |
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2009 |
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ISCRAM 2009 – 6th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Boundary Spanning Initiatives and New Perspectives |
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ISCRAM 2009 |
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Data structures; Deforestation; Emergency services; Fires; Information systems; Different granularities; Edxl-De; Forest fires; Heterogeneous data; Independent systems; Reference modeling; Scattered sources; XML schemas; Interoperability |
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The creation of action statistics of fire extinction services is a common activity in the management of forest-fires emergencies. The compilation of action data and the elaboration of statistics based upon those data allow drawing relevant information about forest fires emergencies and fire extinction services. The creation of action statistics requires the exchange of heterogeneous data, with different granularity and detail, among scattered sources. This paper introduces a Forest Fire Report Data Model devoted to be a data reference model for sharing and exchanging forest fire reports in order to achieve syntactic interoperability among independent systems. The definition of the model has been based on the review of forest fire statistics made by different agencies as well as the experience gained in developing an information system, called SIU6, for the creation of action reports of. |
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Computer Science Department, Laboratorio DEI, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
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Gothenburg |
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J. Landgren, S. Jul |
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English |
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English |
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2411-3387 |
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9789163347153 |
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Standardization and Ontologies |
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6th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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573 |
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Sophia B. Liu; Leysia Palen; Jeannette N. Sutton; Amanda L. Hughes; Sara Vieweg |
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In search of the bigger picture: The emergent role of on-line photo sharing in times of disaster |
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2008 |
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Proceedings of ISCRAM 2008 – 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2008 |
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140-149 |
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Disasters; Information systems; Citizen journalism; Convergence; Crisis informatics; Flickr; Photo sharing; Social media; Emergency services |
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Eyewitness photography is increasingly playing a more significant role in disaster response and recovery efforts. This research elaborates on the ways in which members of the public participate during times of disaster by closely examining the evolving role of a prominent photo-sharing website, Flickr, in events that have occurred since its launch in February 2004. We discuss features of Flickr's emerging evolutionary growth as a community forum for disaster-related grassroots activity based on the findings from our qualitative study of 29 groups across six disasters over Flickr's nearly three-year lifespan. Our findings discuss efforts toward the development of norms that attempt to guide the nature of social practice around photographic content during disaster response and recovery efforts. |
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ConnectivIT Lab, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, United States |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
Place of Publication |
Washington, DC |
Editor |
F. Fiedrich, B. Van de Walle |
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English |
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English |
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2411-3387 |
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9780615206974 |
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Virtual Teams and Virtual Communities in Emergency Preparedness and Response |
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5th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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716 |
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