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Duco N. Ferro; Jeroen M. Valk; Alfons H. Salden |
Title |
A robust coalition formation framework for mobile surveillance incident management |
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Conference Article |
Year |
2007 |
Publication |
Intelligent Human Computer Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2007 Academic Proceedings Papers |
Abbreviated Journal |
ISCRAM 2007 |
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479-488 |
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Artificial intelligence; Decision support systems; Knowledge management; Robustness (control systems); Security systems; Coalition formations; Coordination; Incident Management; Mobile surveillance; Reconfiguration; Scale-space; Network security |
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Given unexpected incidents on routes of guards that check security objects, like banks, one of the most challenging problems is still how to support improvisation by security personnel in taking decisions to prevent or resolve such incidents. Another as important associated problem is how a security company can naturally take advantage of its existing and novel knowledge about its organizational and ICT infrastructures, and the introduction of a decision support system to help leverage of improvisation by humans. To tackle all this, on the one hand we present a dynamic coalition formation framework that allows the (re)configurations of agents that are associated with joint tasks in situational contexts to be evaluated by appropriate value functions. On the other hand, we present a dynamic scale-space paradigm that allows a security company to distill ranked lists of robust context-dependent reconfigurations at critical scales. We highlight the merits of ASK-ASSIST as a solution to the problem of supporting human improvisation. |
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Almende B. V., Netherlands |
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Publisher |
Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
Place of Publication |
Delft |
Editor |
B. Van de Walle, P. Burghardt, K. Nieuwenhuis |
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English |
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English |
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2411-3387 |
ISBN |
9789054874171; 9789090218717 |
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IMPR |
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Conference |
4th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Serial |
489 |
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Author |
Tim J. Grant |
Title |
Combining information sharing and seeking in networked coalitions |
Type |
Conference Article |
Year |
2011 |
Publication |
8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: From Early-Warning Systems to Preparedness and Training, ISCRAM 2011 |
Abbreviated Journal |
ISCRAM 2011 |
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Commerce; Complex networks; Information systems; Military operations; Coalition; Information market; Information push; Network-enabled capabilities; Process Modeling; Information analysis |
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Coalitions are the rule in crisis management and military operations. Although the partners do not form part of an organizational hierarchy, they need to share information to find their place in the coalition, to prepare plans collaboratively, to synchronize their actions, to evaluate their achievements, and to negotiate changes in their relationships. Interviews of experienced military officers have shown that information sharing in coalitions is more complex than one-way information transmission. It has the characteristics of an information market in which security regulations give information a scarcity value, with both sources and recipients initiating action. The emerging literature on information markets includes few process models. The purpose of this paper is to propose a theoretical, four-stage process model for information sharing between coalition partners in the context of Network Enabled Capabilities. The model combines information sharing and seeking, integrates intelligence collection, and supports a range of market mechanisms. |
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Koningin Wilhelminastraat 13, 3405XP Benschop, Netherlands |
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Publisher |
Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
Place of Publication |
Lisbon |
Editor |
M.A. Santos, L. Sousa, E. Portela |
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English |
Summary Language |
English |
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2411-3387 |
ISBN |
9789724922478 |
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Track |
Command and Control Studies |
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Conference |
8th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Serial |
545 |
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Author |
Tim J. Grant; Ariën J. Van Der Wal |
Title |
A taxonomy of market mechanisms for information sharing in crisis response coalitions |
Type |
Conference Article |
Year |
2012 |
Publication |
ISCRAM 2012 Conference Proceedings – 9th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
Abbreviated Journal |
ISCRAM 2012 |
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Information analysis; Information services; Information systems; Taxonomies; Coalition operations; Collaboration; Crisis management; Crisis response; Information market; Information sharing; Commerce |
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Information sharing is crucial in responding to and managing crises. A great variety of organizations respond to crises, ranging from international organizations, through non-governmental organizations, commercial suppliers, government ministries, and the media, to individual volunteers. At best, they collaborate to combine their respective strengths in creating synergy. At worst, they deconflict their operations so that the one does not get in the way of the other. In either case, the organizations must communicate with one another. Previous research has shown that this communication takes the form of an information market. This paper considers the possible mechanisms for information markets in humanitarian and military coalitions. While there has been work on market mechanisms in the economics literature, this needs to be adapted for the exchange of information and information services instead of physical goods and services. This paper proposes a taxonomy of market mechanisms that is tailored to information sharing within coalitions. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Netherlands Defence Academy, Netherlands |
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Simon Fraser University |
Place of Publication |
Vancouver, BC |
Editor |
L. Rothkrantz, J. Ristvej, Z.Franco |
Language |
English |
Summary Language |
English |
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ISSN |
2411-3387 |
ISBN |
9780864913326 |
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Track |
Command and Control Studies |
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Conference |
9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Serial |
118 |
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Author |
Tim J. Grant; Gijs Van Den Heuvel |
Title |
Modelling the information sharing process in military coalitions: A work in progress |
Type |
Conference Article |
Year |
2010 |
Publication |
ISCRAM 2010 – 7th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Defining Crisis Management 3.0, Proceedings |
Abbreviated Journal |
ISCRAM 2010 |
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Commerce; Communication; Information systems; Security systems; Coalition; Information seeking; Information sharing; Process Modeling; Security regulations; Information analysis |
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Coalition partners must share information to work together. Models of information sharing assume that it is a linear, one-way process. As part of a larger project, we studied information sharing in military coalitions. Interviews of 47 officers in NATO R&D organizations showed that one piece of information was often traded for another. This is characteristic of an information market. Security regulations make information a scarce resource, although trust may allow the regulations to be waived. Our observations have consequences for the military Network Enabled Capabilities community in their desire to migrate to a “need to share” security principle. Failing to find a suitable process model in the literature, we outline requirements and identify two possible starting points for modelling the information sharing process in military coalitions. |
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Netherlands Defence Academy, Netherlands |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
Place of Publication |
Seattle, WA |
Editor |
S. French, B. Tomaszewski, C. Zobel |
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English |
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English |
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2411-3387 |
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Special Session: Studies of Command and Control Systems |
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7th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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548 |
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Author |
Tim J. Grant; F.L.E. Geugies; Peter A. Jongejan |
Title |
Social media in command & control: A proof-of principle experiment |
Type |
Conference Article |
Year |
2013 |
Publication |
ISCRAM 2013 Conference Proceedings – 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
Abbreviated Journal |
ISCRAM 2013 |
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52-61 |
Keywords |
Food supply; Information systems; Societies and institutions; Coalition; Crisis management; Laboratory experiments; Network-enabled capabilities; Self synchronization; Experiments |
Abstract |
The literature on the organizational use of social media in crisis response and management is largely concerned with communication between organizations and the general public (“citizens”). By contrast, there are few papers on the use of social media within organizations for operational purposes. One essential operational capability in such organizations is Command & Control (C2) or its equivalent. Our research focuses on the use of social media in C2 for crisis management at the operational and tactical levels. To enable the use of social media in C2, Jongejan and Grant (2012) extended Reuter, Marx and Pipek's (2011) theoretical framework. In the research reported in this paper, the extended framework was tested by performing a proof-of-principle experiment for a famine relief scenario with human subjects in the laboratory. The results show that more extensive concept demonstrations and field experimentation are justified. |
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Retired but Active Researchers (R-BAR), United Kingdom; Ministry of Defence (NL), Netherlands; Netherlands Defence Academy, Netherlands |
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Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie |
Place of Publication |
KIT; Baden-Baden |
Editor |
T. Comes, F. Fiedrich, S. Fortier, J. Geldermann and T. Müller |
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English |
Summary Language |
English |
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2411-3387 |
ISBN |
9783923704804 |
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Track |
Coordination and Collaboration |
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Conference |
10th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Serial |
549 |
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Author |
Van Tuan Le; Serge Stinckwich; Noury Bouraqadi; Arnaud Doniec |
Title |
Role-based dynamic coalitions of multi-tasked rescue robots |
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Conference Article |
Year |
2012 |
Publication |
ISCRAM 2012 Conference Proceedings – 9th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
Abbreviated Journal |
ISCRAM 2012 |
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Human resource management; Information systems; Robotics; Dynamic coalitions; Multirobot systems; Rescue robot; Rescue robotics; Role allocation; Role-based; Search and Rescue Robotics; Team coordination; Robots |
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Organizations allow structuring and coordinating the activities of robots that take part in a multi-robot system (MRS). Within a given organization, each robot is assigned to a role that governs its behavior and its interactions with the other members of the MRS. In this paper; we investigate in a class of problems where role allocation must be done dynamically. This applies, for example in the context of rescue robotic applications where neither the number of robots nor characteristics are known a priori. Furthermore, tasks to be performed are not necessarily all known or at least a portion of the information remains to be discovered (e.g. locations of victims). Finally, some robots may temporarily leave the MRS (for battery recharging) or permanently due to failure or breakage. We propose a solution that can dynamically allocate roles to robots and revise the allocation. This revision takes place in case of failure of agents or in case of discovery of a new task. This allocation allows agents to participate in several tasks. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Université de Lille-Nord de France, Ecole des Mines de Douai, France; UMMISCO, UMI 209, Hanoi, Viet Nam; GREYC, UMR 6072, Caen, France |
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Simon Fraser University |
Place of Publication |
Vancouver, BC |
Editor |
L. Rothkrantz, J. Ristvej, Z.Franco |
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English |
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English |
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2411-3387 |
ISBN |
9780864913326 |
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Intelligent Systems |
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Conference |
9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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152 |
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Author |
Prithviraj Dasgupta; Deepak Khazanchi |
Title |
A Unified Approach Integrating Human Shared Mental Models with Intelligent Autonomous Team Formation for Crisis Management |
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Conference Article |
Year |
2019 |
Publication |
Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response And Management |
Abbreviated Journal |
Iscram 2019 |
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Crisis management team, intelligent autonomous system, coalition formation, shared mental model |
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Autonomous systems are being exceedingly used to assist humans in various crisis responses scenarios such as earthquakes and nuclear disasters. Because they operate in highly unstructured and uncertain environments, failures are an inherent part of such autonomous systems, and, techniques for making these systems robust to failures arising from computer hardware, software or communication malfunctions are already integrated into their design. However, an important aspect while designing such systems is often times overlooked: how to better coordinate and communicate across distributed, possibly diverse human teams who are working in cooperation with autonomous systems into the design of the autonomous system itself. Unfortunately, this results in limited adoption of autonomous systems in real-life crisis scenarios. In this working paper, we describe ongoing work that attempts to address this deficit by integrating research on shared mental models between humans with techniques for autonomous agent team formation in the context of search and rescue scenarios. |
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University of Nebraska Omaha, United States of America;Center for Integrated Emergency management (CIEM), University of Agder, Norway |
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Iscram |
Place of Publication |
Valencia, Spain |
Editor |
Franco, Z.; González, J.J.; Canós, J.H. |
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English |
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English |
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2411-3387 |
ISBN |
978-84-09-10498-7 |
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Track |
T10- Knowledge, Semantics and AI for RISK and CRISIS management |
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Conference |
16th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2019) |
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1929 |
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