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Andrea H. Tapia; Nicklaus A. Giacobe; Nicolas LaLone; Pamela J. Soule |
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Scaling 911 Messaging for Emergency Operation Centers During Large Scale Events |
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Conference Article |
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2015 |
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ISCRAM 2015 Conference Proceedings ? 12th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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ISCRAM 2015 |
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911; Crisis; Disaster; Emergency Management; Emergency Operations Center; Public University; Situational Awareness; Text Messaging |
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In this paper we imagine that one day soon, mass crisis events will result in thousands of people trying to get emergency help multiple via multiple mediums. Public Access Service Points and 911 Centers will not be able to meet the demand of text-message calls for help during a large scale disaster. While 911 dispatchers will need to respond directly to each individual text message, we present the development and testing of a system that aims to provide this data, in real-time, directly to emergency managers during a large-scale crisis. The system is designed to accept, sort, triage and deliver hundreds of direct text messages from the PSAP and provide them directly to emergency management staff, who can leverage their content. In the hands of the emergency manager, these data can be used to inform resource allocation decisions, enhance their operational situational awareness, and potentially improve the response to the crisis. |
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University of Agder (UiA) |
Place of Publication |
Kristiansand, Norway |
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L. Palen; M. Buscher; T. Comes; A. Hughes |
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English |
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English |
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2411-3387 |
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9788271177881 |
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Practitioner Cases and Practitioner-Centered Research |
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ISCRAM 2015 Conference Proceedings ? 12th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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1261 |
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Art Botterell; Martin Griss |
| Title |
Toward the next generation of emergency operations systems |
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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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Information systems; Risk management; Business continuity; Common operating pictures; Contingency management; Emergency management; Emergency operations; Emergency operations centers; Incident command; Mobile command; Management information systems |
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For more than half a century the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) has been a key component of emergency management (EM), homeland security and business continuity practice. Changes in the technical, threat, economic and social environments are placing new pressures on the concept of the EOC in the public, private and community sectors. Investigation of the desirable attributes of a “Next Generation EOC” has led to alternative EOC roles and configurations. This paper describes emerging pressures on, and trends in, emergency and business contingency management systems, and describes a research program to explore solutions to both new and persistent design challenges. |
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Disaster Management Initiative, Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley, United States |
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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 |
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English |
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2411-3387 |
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9789724922478 |
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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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no |
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340 |
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Christopher E. Oxendine; Emily Schnebele; Guido Cervone; Nigel Waters |
| Title |
Fusing non-authoritative data to improve situational awareness in emergencies |
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Conference Article |
| Year |
2014 |
Publication |
ISCRAM 2014 Conference Proceedings – 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
Abbreviated Journal |
ISCRAM 2014 |
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762-766 |
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Damage detection; Earth (planet); Damage assessments; Emergency; Emergency evacuation; Emergency operations; Evacuation; Non-authoritative data; Situational awareness; Spatio-temporal data; Information systems |
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In order to coordinate emergency operations and evacuations, it is vital to accurately assess damage to people, property, and the environment. For decades remote sensing has been used to observe the Earth from air, space and ground based sensors. These sensors collect massive amounts of dynamic and geographically distributed spatiotemporal data every day. However, despite the immense quantity of data available, gaps are often present due to the specific limitations of the sensors or their carrier platforms. This article illustrates how nonauthoritative data such as social media, news, tweets, and mobile phone data can be used to fill in these gaps. Two case studies are presented which employ non-authoritative data to fill in the gaps for improved situational awareness during damage assessments and emergency evacuations. |
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Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, United States Military Academy, United States; Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science, George Mason University, United States; Department of Geography, Penn State University, United States |
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The Pennsylvania State University |
Place of Publication |
University Park, PA |
Editor |
S.R. Hiltz, M.S. Pfaff, L. Plotnick, and P.C. Shih. |
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English |
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English |
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2411-3387 |
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9780692211946 |
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Social Media in Crisis Response and Management |
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Conference |
11th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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no |
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825 |
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Cynthia Nikolai; Irma Becerra-Fernandez; Troy Johnson; Greg Madey |
| Title |
Leveraging WebEOC in support of the Haitian relief effort: Insights and lessons learned |
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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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Disaster prevention; Disasters; Earthquakes; Economic and social effects; Geographic information systems; Information management; Information systems; Management information systems; Risk management; Disaster relief; Earthquake response; Emergency management; Emergency operations centers; Information management software; Information management systems; Miami-Dade County; WebEOC; Human resource management |
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The magnitude seven earthquake that rocked Haiti has been a devastating disaster for the small country (USGS 2010). They are not alone in this crisis, however. When the earthquake struck, thousands of US citizens responded by donating money, resources, people, and time to aid in the disaster relief. To respond to the incident and to create a secure information-sharing environment, the Florida Miami-Dade County and State Emergency Operations Centers (EOC) were activated. The main information system in use at the Miami-Dade EOC is WebEOC, a web-based crisis information management system that aids in secure coordination and collaboration among EOC staff, liaisons, and emergency managers. As a result of the earthquake response efforts using this system, we have identified seven main insights and lessons learned with respect to crisis information management software. In this paper, we discuss Miami-Dade's role in the Haitian relief efforts and how this lead to these insights and lessons learned. |
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University of Notre Dame, United States; Florida International University, United States; Miami-Dade County Emergency Management, United States |
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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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Poster Session |
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Conference |
7th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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no |
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810 |
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Enrique Caballero; Angel Madridano; Dimitrios Sainidis; Konstantinos Konstantoudakis; Petros Daras; Pablo Flores |
| Title |
An automated UAV-assisted 2D mapping system for First Responders |
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Conference Article |
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2021 |
Publication |
ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
Abbreviated Journal |
Iscram 2021 |
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890-902 |
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UAV, drone, 2D Mapping, Swarm, First Responders, Emergency Operations |
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Recent advances in the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) sector have allowed such systems to carry a range of sensors, thus increasing their versatility and adaptability to a wider range of tasks and services. Furthermore, the agility of these vehicles allows them to adapt to rapidly changing environments making them an effective tool for emergency situations. A single UAV, or a swarm working in collaboration, can be a handy and helpful tool for First Responders (FRs) during mission planning, mission monitoring, and the tracking of evolving risks. UAVs, with their on-board sensors, can, among other things, capture visual information of the disaster scene in a safe and quick manner, and generate an up-to-date map of the area. This work presents a system for UAV-assisted mapping optimized for FRs, including the generation of routes for the UAVs to follow, data collection and processing, and map generation. |
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Drone Hopper; Drone Hopper; Centre for Research & Technology, CERTH; Centre for Research & Technology, CERTH; Centre for Research & Technology, CERTH; Drone Hopper |
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Virginia Tech |
Place of Publication |
Blacksburg, VA (USA) |
Editor |
Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
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English |
Summary Language |
English |
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978-1-949373-61-5 |
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Technologies for First Responders |
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Conference |
18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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e.caballero@drone-hopper.com |
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ISCRAM @ idladmin @ |
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2381 |
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Fatemeh Hendijani Fard; Cooper Davies; Frank Mauer |
| Title |
Agile Emergency Responses Using Collaborative Planning HTN |
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Conference Article |
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2017 |
Publication |
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response And Management |
Abbreviated Journal |
Iscram 2017 |
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857-867 |
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Collaborative emergency response planning; emergency operations center; emergency response knowledge base; decision support systems; hierarchical task network |
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Emergency response planning is a complex task due to multiple organizations involved, different planning considerations, etc. Using artificial intelligence collaborative planning helps in the automatic planning for complex situations. Analyzing all impacting factors along with plans that are executable can facilitate the decision making in Emergency Operations Centers for an agile emergency response. A main component of a planner is a knowledge base. Although many systems are developed to support decision making in emergency response or recovery, they either focus on specific or small organizations, or rely on simulations. To the best of our knowledge, there is a gap that there is no common knowledge base for provincial level mass emergencies for automatic planners. The multiplicity of the emergency response documents and their structure makes the knowledge acquisition complex. In this paper, we explain the process of extracting knowledge based on hierarchical task networks and how it speeds up the reactivity to a disaster. |
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University of Calgary – Calgary AB |
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Iscram |
Place of Publication |
Albi, France |
Editor |
Tina Comes, F.B., Chihab Hanachi, Matthieu Lauras, Aurélie Montarnal, eds |
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English |
Summary Language |
English |
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2411-3387 |
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New Technologies for Crisis Management |
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Conference |
14th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response And Management |
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no |
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2071 |
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| Author |
Felix Wex; Guido Schryen; Dirk Neumann |
| Title |
Intelligent decision support for centralized coordination during Emergency Response |
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Conference Article |
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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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Information systems; Intelligent systems; Optimization; Resource allocation; Allocation mechanism; Comparative analysis; Coordination; Distributed resource allocation; Emergency operations centers; Emergency response systems; Intelligent decision support; Monte-Carlo simulations; Decision support systems |
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Automated coordination is regarded as a novel approaches in Emergency Response Systems (ERS), and especially resource allocation has been understudied in former research. The contribution of this paper is the introduction of two variants of a novel resource allocation mechanism that provide decision support to the centralized Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Two quantitative models are computationally validated using real-time, data-driven, Monte-Carlo simulations promoting reliable propositions of distributed resource allocations and schedules. Various requirements are derived through a literature analysis. Comparative analyses attest that the Monte-Carlo approach outperforms a well-defined benchmark. |
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Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany; Universität Regensburg, Germany |
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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 |
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9789724922478 |
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Intelligent Systems |
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Conference |
8th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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no |
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1077 |
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| Author |
Frederik Schütte; Rubén Casado; Emilio Rubiera |
| Title |
Solving interoperability issues in cross border emergency operations |
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Conference Article |
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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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370-375 |
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Disasters; Information systems; Interoperability; Management information systems; Ontology; Risk management; Service oriented architecture (SOA); Web services; Cross-border; Emergency operations; International; Mediation; Soa; Information management |
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This paper describes the work that is being done within the EU research project DISASTER to solve interoperability issues in cross-border emergency operations by applying a technical solution that is able to create a common operational picture. To that end a twofold solution is proposed: The development of a common and modular ontology shared by all the stakeholders taking into account different countries cultural, linguistic and legal issues. And, from that point, bearing in mind that most legacy EMSs (Emergency Management Systems) rely on Service-Oriented-Architectures (SOA), the implementation of transparent SOA mediation algorithms compliant with current data formats and existing solutions. That way, a mediation solution is provided by the DISASTER Mediator, which plays the role of gateway for each EMS enabling a communication based in Web Services. In order to avoid a misunderstanding of shared information it is necessary to create a solution that offers more than a plain translation of terms but rather a concept mediation so the corresponding user is able to understand the situation in its own framework of reference. |
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AntwortING Ingenieurbüro PartG, Germany; Treelogic, Spain; Fundación CTIC, Spain |
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Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie |
Place of Publication |
KIT; Baden-Baden |
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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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Emergency Management Information Systems |
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Conference |
10th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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no |
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928 |
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| Author |
Hagen Engelmann; Frank Fiedrich |
| Title |
DMT-EOC – A combined system for the decision support and training of EOC members |
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Conference Article |
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2009 |
Publication |
ISCRAM 2009 – 6th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Boundary Spanning Initiatives and New Perspectives |
Abbreviated Journal |
ISCRAM 2009 |
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Decision making; Decision support systems; Disaster prevention; Disasters; Human computer interaction; Information systems; Multi agent systems; User interfaces; Collapsed buildings; Decision supports; Disaster management; Earthquake disaster; Emergency operations; Naturalistic decision-making; Operation research; Programming interface; Personnel training |
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The first hours after a disaster are essential to minimizing the loss of life. The chance for survival in the debris of a collapsed building for example decreases considerably after 72 hours. However the available information in the first hours after a disaster is limited, uncertain and dynamically changing. A goal in the development of the Disaster Management Tool (DMT) was to support the management of this situation. Its module DMT-EOC specifically deals with problems of the members in an emergency operation centre (EOC) by providing a training environment for computer based table top exercises and assistance during earthquake disasters. The system is based on a flexible and extendible architecture that integrates different concepts and programming interfaces. It contains a simulation for training exercises and the evaluation of decisions during disaster response. A decision support implemented as a multi-agent system (MAS) combines operation research approaches and rule-base evaluation for advice giving and criticising user decisions. The user interface is based on a workflow model which mixes naturalistic with analytic decision-making. The paper gives an overview of the models behind the system components, describes their implementation, and the testing of the resulting system. |
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Institute for Technology and Management in Construction, Karlsruhe University, Karlsruhe, Germany; Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
Place of Publication |
Gothenburg |
Editor |
J. Landgren, S. Jul |
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English |
Summary Language |
English |
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2411-3387 |
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9789163347153 |
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Intelligent Systems |
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Conference |
6th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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no |
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476 |
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| Author |
Hagen Engelmann; Frank Fiedrich |
| Title |
Decision support for the members of an emergency operation centre after an earthquake |
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Conference Article |
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2007 |
Publication |
Intelligent Human Computer Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2007 Academic Proceedings Papers |
Abbreviated Journal |
ISCRAM 2007 |
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317-326 |
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Decision making; Disaster prevention; Disasters; Earthquakes; Human computer interaction; Intelligent agents; Multi agent systems; Collaborative research; Complex environments; Decision making process; Decision supports; Emergency operations; Optimal resource allocation; RPD model; User friendly interface; Decision support systems |
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The first three days after an earthquake disaster demand good decisions in a very complex environment. Members of emergency operation centres (EOC) have to make decisions with limited information and under high time pressure. But the first 72 hours of disaster response activities are essential to minimize loss of life. Within the interdisciplinary German Collaborative Research Center 461: “Strong Earthquakes: A Challenge for Geosciences and Civil Engineering” a so-called Disaster Management Tool (DMT) is under development which presents some ideas for appropriate solutions to this problem. One module of the DMT will provide decision-support for the members of an EOC based on the Recognition-Primed Decision (RPD) model, a description of the decision-making process of persons in real-world settings. Options for a reasonable computer-based decision support for the RPD process will be discussed. For this the system combines a simulation of the disaster environment with a multi-agent system (MAS). The simulation shows the results of different decisions so the decision-makers can evaluate them. The MAS calculates a solution for optimal resource allocation taking into account current available information. The goal of the ongoing work is to integrate these instruments into a user-friendly interface considering the real life needs of decision-makers in an EOC. |
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Institute for Technology and Management in Construction, Karlsruhe University, Karlsruhe, Germany; Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States |
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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 |
Summary Language |
English |
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2411-3387 |
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9789054874171; 9789090218717 |
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ASCM |
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Conference |
4th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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no |
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477 |
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Irma Becerra-Fernandez; Weidong Xia; Arvind Gudi; Jose Rocha |
| Title |
Task characteristics, knowledge sharing and integration, and emergency management performance: Research agenda and challenges |
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Conference Article |
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2008 |
Publication |
Proceedings of ISCRAM 2008 – 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
Abbreviated Journal |
ISCRAM 2008 |
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88-92 |
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Coordination reactions; Disasters; Information systems; Knowledge management; Risk management; Emergency management; Emergency operations centers; Knowledge integration; Knowledge-sharing; Mediating roles; Multiple organizations; Task characteristics; Task complexity; Civil defense |
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Emergency management tasks are inherently complex and dynamic, requiring quick knowledge sharing and decision coordination among multiple organizations across different levels and locations. However, there is a general lack of understanding about how to describe and assess the complex and dynamic nature of emergency management tasks and how knowledge integration help managers improve emergency management task performance. This paper describes a research project that aims at (1) developing the concepts of task complexity and uncertainty of emergency management tasks and (2) testing the mediating role of knowledge sharing and knowledge integration between emergency management task characteristics and performance. The overall research agenda, approaches, challenges and the advantages of utilizing a virtual Emergency Operations Center (vEOC) for this line of research are discussed. |
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Florida International University, 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 |
Summary Language |
English |
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2411-3387 |
ISBN |
9780615206974 |
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Virtual Systems for Emergency Management Simulation & Training |
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Conference |
5th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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no |
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297 |
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Jill L. Drury; Loretta More; Mark Pfaff; Gary L. Klein |
| Title |
A principled method of scenario design for testing emergency response decision-making |
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Conference Article |
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2009 |
Publication |
ISCRAM 2009 – 6th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Boundary Spanning Initiatives and New Perspectives |
Abbreviated Journal |
ISCRAM 2009 |
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Costs; Decision making; Decision support systems; Design; Experiments; Information systems; Decision supports; Emergency operations; Experiment design; Principled ambiguity method; Rdm; Robust decision-making; Scenario design; Emergency services |
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We are investigating decision aids that present potential courses of action available to emergency responders. To determine whether these aids improve decision quality, however, we first developed test scenarios that were challenging in well-understood ways to ensure testing under the full breadth of representative decision-making situations. We devised a three-step method of developing scenarios: define the decision space, determine the cost components of each decision's potential consequences based on the principles of Robust Decision Making, then choose conflicting pairs of cost components (e.g., a small fire, implying low property damage, in a densely inhabited area, which implies high personal injury). In a validation of this approach, experiment participants made decisions faster in non-ambiguous cases versus cases that included this principled introduction of ambiguity. Our Principled Ambiguity Method of scenario design is also appropriate for other domains as long as they can be analyzed in terms of costs of decision alternatives. |
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MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA, United States; Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States; Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United States; MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA, United States |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
Place of Publication |
Gothenburg |
Editor |
J. Landgren, S. Jul |
| Language |
English |
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English |
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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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457 |
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| Author |
Juan Godoy |
| Title |
A holistic approach to emergency evacuation information support systems |
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Conference Article |
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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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345-354 |
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Human resource management; Interface states; Systems engineering; Critical component; Emergency evacuation; Emergency operations; Emergency operations centers; Information support systems; Management systems; Mitigation measures; Public information; Information management |
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In the USA the basic objective of local and state government's Emergency Operations Plans (EOP) is to implement mitigation measures to reduce the loss of life and property damage by the efficient mobilization and deployment of resources. The evacuation of citizens out of harms way either before an impeding disaster or after the occurrence of one is a critical component of any EOP. This document represents a summary of the Evacuation Plan designed for the City of New Orleans. Results of live field exercises conducted during the 2006 Hurricane Season and suggestions for improvement will be highlighted. The ideal Emergency Evacuation Tracking System will be designed to operate within a System of Systems framework with interfaces: to field personnel, emergency managers and logisticians operating in an Emergency Operations Center (EOC), with state and local government systems such as public information emergency hotline (311 Centers in the USA), asset tracking management systems and others. |
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Unisys Corporation, United States |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
Place of Publication |
Delft |
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B. Van de Walle, P. Burghardt, K. Nieuwenhuis |
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English |
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2411-3387 |
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9789054874171; 9789090218717 |
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ASCM |
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Conference |
4th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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529 |
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Kouji Kishi; Naoko Kosaka; Tsuneko Kura; Tomohiro Kokogawa |
| Title |
Study on Integrated Risk-Management Support System Application to Emergency Management for Cyber Incidents |
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Conference Article |
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2017 |
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Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response And Management |
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Iscram 2017 |
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432-444 |
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Emergency Management; ISO22320; Incident response; Emergency Operations Center |
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We have been studying the standardization of an emergency-management support system mainly for natural disasters at the local-government level. The system provides information from three viewpoints, “Plan: What should we do?”, “Do: What are we doing?”, and “See: What kind of situations are we in?” to support decision making at an emergency operations center. Rapid and accurate judgment prevents the occurrence of new damage and the expansion of damage, and as a result resilience will increase. We investigated its applicability to emergency management for cyber incidents through a cyber-defense exercise. |
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NTT Secure Platform Laboratories, Japan |
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Iscram |
Place of Publication |
Albi, France |
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Tina Comes, F.B., Chihab Hanachi, Matthieu Lauras, Aurélie Montarnal, eds |
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English |
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Resilience engineering and management |
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14th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response And Management |
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2032 |
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Kristine Steen-Tveit |
| Title |
Identifying Information Requirements for Improving the Common Operational Picture in Multi-Agency Operations |
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Conference Article |
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2020 |
Publication |
ISCRAM 2020 Conference Proceedings – 17th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
Abbreviated Journal |
Iscram 2020 |
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252-263 |
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Situational Awareness, Common Operational Picture, Information Sharing, Common Information Requirements, Multi-Agency Emergency Operations. |
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While there exists a considerable body of literature on the importance of a common operational picture (COP) in multi-agency emergency operations, the COP concept itself still lacks a univocal definition. Despite the lack of consensus regarding the mechanisms underlying the COP, the literature implies a level of consistency in the focus on sharing critical information. Based on interviews with Norwegian emergency management stakeholders, this study investigates common information requirements for emergency management services and presents an example of a framework for structuring the sharing of critical information and building a COP. Termed 'the window report', this framework is used among emergency stakeholders in Norway and Sweden. The study identified eight common information requirement categories for managing extreme weather scenarios. With a focus on common information needs and a process for structured information sharing, future strategic emergency management planning might take a more holistic perspective on cross-sectoral operations than in current practice. |
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Centre for Integrated Emergency Management, University of Agder |
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Virginia Tech |
Place of Publication |
Blacksburg, VA (USA) |
Editor |
Amanda Hughes; Fiona McNeill; Christopher W. Zobel |
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English |
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English |
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978-1-949373-27-25 |
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2411-3411 |
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Command & Control Studies |
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Conference |
17th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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kristine.steen-tveit@uia.no |
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2226 |
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Lauren C. Landrigan; Allen Milewski; Jason Baker |
| Title |
Determining credible sources during an emergency situation |
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Conference Article |
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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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Civil defense; Information systems; Risk management; Credibility; Emergency management; Emergency operations centers; Emergency situation; Ethnographic interviews; Information provider; Subject matter experts; Trust; Disasters |
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An important aspect of working in an emergency operations center (EOC) is determining what information is credible and what actions to take based on that information. Information during an emergency may come from various sources and EOC workers may not know the information providers personally. Information may come from electronic sources where the exact source of the information may be unknown and credibility may be affected. For this study, we conducted ethnographic interviews with emergency management subject matter experts to gain insights on credibility. The interviews included a series of questions to learn about the current processes of an EOC, what sources generally provide information about the situation and what factors determine credibility. These interviews are ongoing and this paper provides a summary of the interviews completed at this point. The expected outcome of this study is a potential software system with features to enhance credibility despite weak source information. |
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Monmouth University, United States |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
Place of Publication |
Seattle, WA |
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S. French, B. Tomaszewski, C. Zobel |
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English |
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English |
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Poster Session |
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7th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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676 |
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| Author |
Martine Couturier; Edith Wilkinson |
| Title |
Open advanced system for improved crisis management (OASIS) |
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Conference Article |
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2005 |
Publication |
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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283-286 |
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Civil defense; Disasters; Information systems; Risk management; Advanced systems; Crisis management; Emergency management systems; Emergency operations; European Commission; Flexible architectures; Information society technologies; Strategic objectives; Management information systems |
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The OASIS Project addresses the Strategic objective 2.3.2.9, “Improving Risk Management”, of the second call for tender of the European Commission FP6 Information Society Technologies program. The objective of OASIS is to define and develop an Information Technology (IT) framework based on an open and flexible architecture and using standards that will be the basis of a European Emergency Management system. OASIS is intended to facilitate the cooperation between the information systems used by civil protection organisations, in a local, regional, national or international environment. This Disaster and Emergency Management system aims to support the response operations in the case of large scale as well as local emergencies. |
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EADS DS SA, United Kingdom; CRANFIELD University, United Kingdom |
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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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EARLY WARNING AND RESPONSE: SPECIAL SESSION |
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Conference |
2nd International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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no |
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417 |
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| Author |
Paola Di Maio |
| Title |
Ontologies for networked centric emergency mangement operations |
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Conference Article |
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2008 |
Publication |
Proceedings of ISCRAM 2008 – 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
Abbreviated Journal |
ISCRAM 2008 |
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177-188 |
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Civil defense; Disasters; Network architecture; Ontology; Risk management; Semantics; Collective intelligences; Conceptual frameworks; Distributed operations; Emergency; Emergency management; Emergency operations; Network centric operations; Organizational structures; Information systems |
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Emergency Management, like other fields of Operations, consists of information, communication and decision making. Thanks to the pervasiveness of real time networked infrastructures, such as the internet and the web, new models of operations are emerging, designed to leverage the aggregate the power of 'collective intelligence' and 'distributed action' facilitated by 'open world' systems environments. In order to develop effective information systems capable of supporting the distributed nature of emerging 'architectures of participation', it is necessary to devise adequate 'semantic structures', which in turn rely on sound and explicit conceptual frameworks, such as ontologies. However, there aren't enough 'ontologies' in the public domain that can be referenced to establish compatibility of architectures and serve as guidelines for the development of open, neutral and accountable information systems. In this paper we a) describe and analyse the 'distributed' and 'networked' nature of emergency operations b) put forward the notion information systems to support of emergency management today should be modeled on 'distributed' and networked organizational structures, and that ontologies in this domain should be built accordingly. |
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School of Information Technology, 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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Ontologies for Crisis Management |
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Conference |
5th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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no |
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445 |
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| Author |
Robert Bell; Elizabeth Avery Gomez |
| Title |
Business continuity for small business owners: Do the tools fit their need? |
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Conference Article |
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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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Information systems; Business continuity; Business continuity plans; Emergency operations centers; Incident command systems; Small business; Intelligent control |
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Business continuity planning for private sector organizations has not reached the level of readiness as has the public sector. This disparity has reached national attention as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security addressed it in a statement, “ensuring Americas small businesses have the critical information and training they need to better respond to disasters will strengthen the entire nations preparedness and resilience (DHS, 2010).” The release of this statement and the DHS program (PS-Prep) was a promise to provide the necessary tools to small business owners so they could build effective business continuity plans. The major contributions of this research will be to provide an evaluation of the applicability of PS-Prep to small businesses, and to provide the needs assessment for parallel research of leveraging the current capabilities of a Business Emergency Operations Center in the development of a Virtual Small Business Emergency Operations Center (VSBEOC). |
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New Jersey Institute of Technology, United States |
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Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM |
Place of Publication |
Lisbon |
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M.A. Santos, L. Sousa, E. Portela |
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English |
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English |
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2411-3387 |
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9789724922478 |
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Planning and Foresight |
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8th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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no |
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298 |
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| Author |
Robin Marterer; Matthias Moi; Rainer Koch |
| Title |
An architecture for distributed, event-driven systems to collect and analyze data in emergency operations and training exercises |
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Conference Article |
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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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Data reduction; Information services; Information systems; Service oriented architecture (SOA); Complex event processing; Data collection; Distributed systems; Emergency operations; Training exercise; Architecture |
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In order to perform serious research on reliable data from emergency operations and trainings, technological support is essential. Therefore we present an architecture for distributed, event-driven systems for the collection and analysis of data in emergency operations and trainings. The logical as well as the technical architecture will be presented. Most important design decisions, e.g. regarding extensibility, will be described. The architecture has been implemented as a system, which is composed out of a core server and distributed sensors sending data. The system is running since two years in two big European cities. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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University of Paderborn, Germany |
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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 |
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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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165 |
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Timothy E Wright; Greg Madey |
| Title |
A prototype virtual emergency operations center using a collaborative virtual environment |
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Conference Article |
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2008 |
Publication |
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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71-82 |
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Information systems; Risk management; Virtual addresses; Collaborative virtual environment; Croquet; Desktop virtual reality; Emergency management; Emergency operations centers; Simulation; Virtual reality |
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In the realm of emergency operations, planning and training is a critical ingredient for success. The use of virtual environments can offer a convenient means of practicing and simulating activities in an emergency operations center (EOC). Although many virtual environments strive to offer realism in their simulations of weather, population, and incident happenings, they often fall short in terms of collaboration among simulation participants: unless participants are at the same physical location, their ability to see and interact with one and other is limited. Moreover, interactivity that is possible may not be truly synchronous (e.g., network lag can cause activities to happen out of order). These are compelling drawbacks to computer-based EOC simulators/trainers, since collaboration is a cornerstone for successful EOC teams. To address these problems, we present the virtual EOC. Our prototype aims to provide a collaborative virtual environment that enables interactivity among participants while executing synchronous, script-driven tests and simulations. |
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University of Notre Dame, 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 Systems for Emergency Management Simulation & Training |
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5th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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1099 |
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