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Combined systems: A system of systems architecture |
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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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Decision making; Information systems; Multi agent systems; Crisis management; Current situation; Decision supports; Distributed decision support systems; Distributed systems architectures; Key technologies; Making decision; System-of-systems architecture; Decision support systems |
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Combined Systems is aimed at exploring distributed decision support systems in open, complex chaotic environments. On a general scale, Combined is all about decision-making: observing the environment, making decisions and effectuating these to manage the current situation. Crisis management is a typical domain in which Combined-type systems can prove their value. For this reason the Combined project uses crisis management as primary case-domain. In this paper we highlight the key technologies that are subject of the Combined research, and we describe them in the light of crisis management. © Proceedings ISCRAM 2004. |
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Delft Cooperation on Intelligent Systems (DECIS), Delftechpark 24, 2628 XH Delft, Netherlands |
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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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Evan A. Sultanik; Clayton Fink |
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Rapid geotagging and disambiguation of social media text via an indexed gazetteer |
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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; Contextual information; Disambiguation; Gazetteer; Geolocations; Micro-blogging services; Twitter; Unsupervised approaches; Unsupervised techniques; Social networking (online) |
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Microblogging services like Twitter afford opportunities for real time determination of situation awareness during crises as people report, via their statuses, information about events on the ground. An important component of the information included in a tweet are mentions of place names that may be sites of damage, injuries, or relief efforts. Methods for extracting these place names and determining the actual location being referenced are an essential part of the suite of tools required for automated extraction of situation awareness from tweets. Extracting and disambiguating place name mentions from text have been areas of extensive research. Twitter, however, presents challenges given the 140 character restriction on status and the informal, abbreviated language that are a norm in this communication channel. Named entity recognizers, which are dependent on labeled training data, may not be useful in this medium for extracting location mentions because the typical training domains for these taggers are absent the noise found in Twitter statuses. Additionally, the contextual information that is necessary for disambiguating place names is not always present. In this paper, we demonstrate a new technique, RapidGeo, for extracting and disambiguating place names from a location specific Twitter feed using an unsupervised technique for tagging location mentions and relying on the known geographic context of the feed for disambiguation. Our location tagging technique performs much better than an off-the-shelf named entity recognizer and we achieve reasonable precision in disambiguating extracted place names. We argue that such fast, high precision, unsupervised approaches are needed when important, actionable information is required from noisy data sources such as Twitter. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Johns Hopkins University, APL, 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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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Jeannette N. Sutton |
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When online is off: Public communications following the February 2011 Christchurch, NZ, earthquake |
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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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Earthquakes; Information systems; Crisis communications; Disaster response; Electronic channels; Information access; Local government; On-line communication; Public communications; Social media; Disasters |
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This work in progress investigates the communication issues encountered and the strategies used by local government to communicate electronically with disaster affected individuals in the immediate aftermath of the February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch, NZ. It also provides a preliminary examination of the effects of information access on individual perceptions of community resiliency. We draw from a variety of data sources, including field research, interviews, and focus groups with local community members. Ongoing survey research will be integrated into future papers and presentations. This research provides insight into online crisis communications and the effectiveness of strategies to communicate with members of the public in a post-disaster environment when there is limited access to information via electronic channels. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, 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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Jeannette N. Sutton; Emma S. Spiro; Britta Johnson; Sean M. Fitzhugh; Mathew Greczek; Carter T. Butts |
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Connected communications: Network structures of official communications in a technological disaster |
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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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Disasters; Information dissemination; Information systems; Oil spills; Direct communications; Informal communication; Information exchanges; Micro-blogging services; Network structures; On-line information; Social media; Technological disasters; Social networking (online) |
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Informal online communication channels are being utilized for official communications in disaster contexts. Channels such as networked microblogging enable public officials to broadcast messages as well as engage in direct communication exchange with individuals. Here we investigate online information exchange behaviors of a set of state and federal organizations during the Deepwater Horizon 2010 oil spill disaster. Using data from the popular microblogging service Twitter, we analyze the roles individual organizations play in the dissemination of information to the general public online, and the conversational microstructure of official posts. We discuss characteristics and features of following networks, centrality, and conversational dynamics that may affect information exchange in disaster. This research provides insight into the use of networked communications during an event of heightened public concern, describes implications of conversational features, and suggests directions for future research. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, United States; University of California, Irvine, 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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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Teun Terpstra; Richard Stronkman; Arnout De Vries; Geerte L. Paradies |
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Towards a realtime Twitter analysis during crises for operational crisis management |
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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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Disaster prevention; Information filtering; Information retrieval; Information systems; Monitoring; Storms; Crisis communications; Crisis management; Graphical displays; Information extraction tools; Natural hazard; Self organizations; Social media; Twitter; Social networking (online) |
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Today's crises attract great attention on social media, from local and distant citizens as well as from news media. This study investigates the possibilities of real-time and automated analysis of Twitter messages during crises. The analysis was performed through application of an information extraction tool to nearly 97,000 tweets that were published shortly before, during and after a storm hit the Pukkelpop 2011 festival in Belgium. As soon as the storm hit the festival tweet activity increased exponentially, peaking at 576 tweets per minute. The extraction tool enabled analyzing tweets through predefined (geo)graphical displays, message content filters (damage, casualties) and tweet type filters (e.g., retweets). Important topics that emerged were 'early warning tweets', 'rumors' and the 'self-organization of disaster relief' on Twitter. Results indicate that automated filtering of information provides valuable information for operational response and crisis communication. Steps for further research are discussed. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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HKV Consultants, Netherlands; Twitcident, Netherlands; TNO, Netherlands |
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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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Robert Thomson; Naoya Ito; Hinako Suda; Fangyu Lin; Yafei Liu.; Ryo Hayasaka; Ryuzo Isochi; Zhou Wang |
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Trusting tweets: The Fukushima disaster and information source credibility on Twitter |
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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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Cell culture; Information systems; Nuclear power plants; Social networking (online); Anonymity; Credibility; Crisis communications; Deindividuation; Fukushima; Social media; Trust; Twitter; Disasters |
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This paper focuses on the micro-blogging service Twitter, looking at source credibility for information shared in relation to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster in Japan. We look at the sources, credibility, and between-language differences in information shared in the month following the disaster. Messages were categorized by user, location, language, type, and credibility of information source. Tweets with reference to third-party information made up the bulk of messages sent, and it was also found that a majority of those sources were highly credible, including established institutions, traditional media outlets, and highly credible individuals. In general, profile anonymity proved to be correlated with a higher propensity to share information from low credibility sources. However, Japanese-language tweeters, while more likely to have anonymous profiles, referenced low-credibility sources less often than non-Japanese tweeters, suggesting proximity to the disaster mediating the degree of credibility of shared content. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Graduate School of International Media, Communication and Tourism Studies, Japan; Research Faculty of Media Communication, Hokkaido University, Japan |
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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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Mirko Thorstensson |
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Supporting observers in the field to perform model based data collection |
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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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Budget control; Information systems; Computerized support systems; Continuous development; Data collection; Emergency response; Mbdc; Nbot; Observers; Operational analysis; Data acquisition |
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Computerized support systems enhancing taskforce performance are being increasingly used in different organizations in the emergency response, crisis management and military fields. Organizational demands for improved mission capabilities and reduced budgets impose new requirements on data content and system performance. More information needs to be provided by humans in the field, reporting observations from the evolving course of events in order to enhance possibilities for operational analyses and continuous development of organizational abilities. In this paper, we describe a method that can improve human data-collection abilities and data quality when using human observers as data collecting sensors in distributed tactical operations by applying model-based data collection. We introduce a tool that can support observers in the field, the network-based observer tool that can support human observers in determining what to report and how to report observations. We present results and findings from three different use cases. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Division of Information and Aeronautical Systems, Sweden |
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Simon Fraser University |
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L. Rothkrantz, J. Ristvej, Z.Franco |
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Sébastien Tremblay; Peter Berggren; Martin Holmberg; Rego Granlund; Marie-Eve Jobidon; Paddy Turner |
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A multiteam international simulation of joint operations in crisis response |
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ISCRAM 2012 Conference Proceedings – 9th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Deforestation; Emergency services; Fires; Human resource management; Information systems; Virtual reality; Collaborative process; Experimental platform; Horizontal organizations; Organizational structures; Quantitative measures; Shared understanding; Simulation environment; Situation assessment; Information management; Information Retrieval; Management |
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Concepts such as trust, shared understanding, cultural differences, mental workload, and organizational structure all impact upon the effectiveness of an organization (e.g., Tindale & Kameda, 2000), and even more so in the context of large scale multinational operations (e.g, Smith, Granlund, & Lindgen, 2010). In order to study these concepts we plan a multinational, distributed experiment with participants from three nations collaborating in the same virtual environment: Canadian, British, and Swedish participants will work together as part of a multinational MTS to deal with a complex task and gain control of a crisis situation. Empirical research on MTS remains limited (see, e.g., DeChurch & Marks, 2006) particularly at the multinational level where the investigation of MTS has been so far focused on case studies and exercises (e.g., Goodwin, Essens, & Smith, 2012). Therefore, there is a need to empirically study multinational MTS in order to assess the specific issues that multinational operations face, notably cultural and languages differences. The simulation environment used as experimental platform for this project is C3Fire (www.c3fire.org, Granlund & Granlund, 2011). C3Fire creates an environment whereby teams must work together to resolve a crisis in the firefighting domain, with the goal of evacuating people in critical areas, putting out the forest fire, and protecting buildings and other areas of value from the burning forest fire. This platform makes it possible to study participants' collaborative processes when dealing with a set of crisis scenarios in the context of a simulated emergency response situation. To deal efficiently with the crisis management operation, participants need to prioritize between different objectives, identify and protect critical areas, and plan and implement activities based on given resources. All these tasks are distributed between team members, compelling participants to exchange information and coordinate within and between teams to execute the task. The task is divided into three areas of responsibility as follows: 1) Information and Planning, responsible for situation assessment and providing the operating picture; 2) Operation and Logistic, responsible for intervention and resource management; and 3) Search and Rescue, responsible for research and management of civilians. C3Fire is designed to: 1) achieve an optimal compromise between internal and external validity; 2) show flexibility in scenario configuration (spectrum of units and roles – including search and rescue functions; Tremblay et al., 2010), allowing researchers to capture emergency response and crisis management and rapid response planning; 3) be highly configurable for testing many different types of teams (e.g., hierarchical vs. horizontal organizations); and 4) readily provide objective, non-intrusive metrics for assessing teamwork effectiveness (including macrocognitive functions and team processes) as well as quantitative measures of task performance (that take into account conflicting mission goals). © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Université Laval, QC, Canada; FOI, Linkoping, Sweden; FHS, Stockholm, Sweden; Santa Anna Research Institute, Sweden; Defence R and D Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; Cranfield University, Defence Academy, United Kingdom |
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Simon Fraser University |
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L. Rothkrantz, J. Ristvej, Z.Franco |
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Willem Treurniet; Kim Van Buul-Besseling; Jeroen Wolbers |
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Collaboration awareness – A necessity in crisis response coordination |
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ISCRAM 2012 Conference Proceedings – 9th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Information systems; Public utilities; Collaboration; Collaboration awareness; Crisis partners; Networked organizations; Situation awareness; Societies and institutions |
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In crisis management involvement of a large number of organizations is required. Not only the first responders need to take action, but also organizations and entities like civil authorities, public utility and crisis teams are responsible for critical infrastructures as well as the community. A key element for effective collaboration is situation awareness; having a common operational picture. So far research has mainly focused on situation awareness. However, several incidents show that situation awareness alone is not sufficient for reaching effective collaboration among the organizations involved. Collaboration awareness is a second key element. Knowing the needs, goals, expectations, culture, capabilities and procedures of the crisis management partners makes collaboration more effective. In this paper we elaborate our research focusing on what organizations need to know about each other in order to collaborate effectively. Finally, we describe the possible measures for increasing the collaboration awareness. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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TNO, Netherlands; VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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Simon Fraser University |
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L. Rothkrantz, J. Ristvej, Z.Franco |
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Elena Tsiporkova; Nicolás González-Deleito; Tom Tourwé; Anna Hristoskova |
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Ontology-driven multimodal interface design for an emergency response application |
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ISCRAM 2012 Conference Proceedings – 9th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Data structures; Decision support systems; Design; Information systems; Interactive computer systems; Ontology; Context-awareness; Decision supports; Design recommendations; Emergency response; Expert knowledge; Interface designs; Modelling framework; Multimodal interface designs; Emergency services |
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In this paper, we propose an ontology-driven modelling framework, which allows to capture the domain and expert knowledge available within the interface design community, and to support designers in their daily design tasks by eliciting user and application dependent design recommendations. We illustrate how this framework can be used in practice with a concrete case study devoted to multimodal interface design for the purpose of emergency response applications. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Sirris Software and ICT Group, Diamant Building, A. Reyerslaan 80, B-1030 Brussels, Belgium; Ghent University, Department of Information Technology, IBBT, Gaston Crommenlaan 8 (Bus 201), B-9050 Ghent, Belgium |
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Simon Tucker; Vitaveska Lanfranchi; Neil Ireson; Alfonso Sosa; Gregoire Burel; Fabio Ciravegna |
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Straight to the information I need: Assessing collational interfaces for emergency response |
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ISCRAM 2012 Conference Proceedings – 9th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Information systems; Emergency response; Information overloads; Paper-based interfaces; Situational awareness; Social media; User study; Emergency services |
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Collational interfaces gather information from a range of sources and present them to users. Information overload is tackled by processing information in the back-end and providing interactive means to filter and browse data. Such interfaces have applications in emergency response – giving users the right information to act effectively. In this paper we explore a collational interface for emergency response, carrying out a user study that compares it to a paper based interface and one which presents data without collating it. We demonstrate that a collational interface allows users to build a picture of an emergency, but not necessarily in less time. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; Knowledge Media Institute, Open University, United Kingdom |
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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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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Catrinel Turcanu; Benny Carlé; Philippe Vincke |
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Structuring stakeholders' involvement in radiological crisis management: A multicriteria decision aid approach for countermeasure evaluation |
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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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115-120 |
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Information systems; Risk management; Countermeasure strategies; Emergency response; Food chain; Multi-criteria decision aids; Nuclear emergencies; Potential benefits; Problem structuring; Stakeholders; Decision support systems |
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Stakeholders represent a valuable source of knowledge, which should be used in steering the emergency response during a radiological crisis. This can be achieved in a multi-criteria decision aid framework, the potential benefits of which are highlighted in the paper: consideration of all relevant factors, problem structuring, better insight in the decision process, and support for decision-makers to justify the chosen countermeasure strategies. © Proceedings ISCRAM 2004. |
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Management Informatics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium; Decision Strategy Research, SCK CEN, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Mol, Belgium; Service de Mathématiques de la Gestion, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium |
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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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1st International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Elina Valtonen; Ronja Addams-Moring; Teemupekka Virtanen; Antti Järvinen; Mikael Moring |
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Emergency announcements to mobile user devices in geographically defined areas |
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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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151-156 |
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Cellular telephones; Civil defense; Information systems; Mobile devices; Mobile phones; Communications networks; Data packet; GSM networks; Information contents; Mobile phone networks; Mobile users; Real-time location; Single point; Global system for mobile communications |
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When emergency announcements (EA) to a population in a crisis area are needed, avoiding single points of failure in the EA sending and forwarding systems is essential. We present a new concept, an extension to existing EA sending systems, which is based on real-time location information about mobile devices. Such a solution would increase the EA sending systems' robustness through redundancy and technology diversity. At the same time, these mobile emergency announcement (MEA) sending systems would increase the percentage of the threatened population that can be reached fast. The proposition is based on a set of requirements for EA sending systems, the most important of which turned out to be ensuring the authenticity and integrity of the EA information content. We found our preliminary results too optimistic: current GSM networks should not be used for sending EAs, as it is quite possible to forge SMS text messages, even to multiple GSM phones in a specific target area. The next generations of mobile phone networks (3G/UMTS and 4G) seem more promising, due to their packet-oriented architectures, as each data packet can be stamped with verifiable information about the source of the data. However, the development of communications networks with features compatible with MEA sending will demand that both authorities and independent experts take an active, early role in networks design right beside the commercial organisations. © Proceedings ISCRAM 2004. |
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Helsinki University of Technology (HUT), Telecommunications Software and Multimedia Laboratory, Finland; YLE – Finnish Broadcasting Company, STUK – Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Finland |
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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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Emergency Response ICT |
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1st International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Gerd Van Den Eede; Willem J. Muhren; Raphaël Smals; Bartel A. Van De Walle |
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IS capability for incident management and the DERMIS design premises |
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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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251-261 |
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System theory; Capability trap; Emergency Response Information Systems; Incident Management; Iscram; System Dynamics; Emergency services |
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In this paper we present a dynamic model of the performance of an organization's Incident Management process as determined by the capability of its supporting emergency response information system. Our work is based on the Capability Trap model by Repenning & Sterman (2001) and draws from the many insights on emergency response information systems design as described in the DERMIS (Dynamic Emergency Response Management Information System) framework established by Turoff et al. 2004. Whereas the latter describes the premises that underlie an Information System (IS) that is capable of ensuring a reliable and flexible emergency response, the present paper contributes to the research field by looking at the interrelations of the aforementioned premises. We take a System Dynamics approach and gain insights in the key determinants of IS Capability by highlighting the mutual interdependences grouped around the concepts of adaptability, control, implicit knowledge and explicit knowledge. |
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Vlekho Business School, Brussels, Belgium; Tilburg University, Netherlands |
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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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SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODELING FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT |
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3rd International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Gerd Van Den Eede; Bartel A. Van De Walle |
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Operational risk in incident management: A cross-fertilisation between ISCRAM and IT governance |
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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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Artificial intelligence; Decision support systems; Group theory; Information systems; Knowledge management; Mapping; Cognitive mapping; Financial institution; Incident Management; Iscram; IT governance; Learning organisation; Normal Accidents Theory; Operational risks; Reliability theory |
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The objectives of the research reported by the authors in this paper are threefold. First, the authors want to fine-tune the rresearch methodology on risk identification based on cognitive mapping techniques and group decision support systems (GDSS) developed earlier (Rutkowski et al., 2005). Second, the authors want to determine how High Reliability Theory (HRT) – through the characteristics of High Reliability Organisations (HROs) – can be applied in the particular organisational context of an important economic sector like banking. Third, the authors want to inquire into how Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management can benefit from experiences gained in a mainstream context. More specifically, the use of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) methodology will be explored from the perspective of Incident Management as a sub-process of ICT management. |
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Vlekho Business School, Belgium; Tilburg University, Netherlands |
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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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9076971099 |
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KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT |
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2nd International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Marcel D.E Van Der Lee; Marcel Van Vugt |
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IMI – An information system for effective Multidisciplinary Incident Management |
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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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Command and control systems; Disaster prevention; Disasters; Military applications; Command and control; Crisis response; Daily routines; Disaster management; Distributed operations; Electronics laboratories; Fire department; Incident Management; Information systems |
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The field of crisis response and disaster management can be characterized, upon many other factors, by distributed operations, not daily routine work and multidisciplinary aspects. In designing and developing information systems for crisis response these factors need special attention. On behalf of regional emergency services, TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory designed and guided commissioning of the IMI project (Information System for Multidisciplinary Incident Management). Four regional fire departments in Zuid-Holland decided to develop the information system. The Rotterdam region was selected as project pilot. The IMI-project was carried out with experiences and a background of military command and control where the above three factors also play a major role. In this paper we will elaborate on the reasons behind the design of the functionalities of the IMI-system. © Proceedings ISCRAM 2004. |
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TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory, P.O. Box 96864, 2509 JG, The Hague, Netherlands |
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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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Emergency Response Information Systems |
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1st International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Remko Van Der Togt; Euro Beinat; Henk J. Scholten |
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Location-based emergency medicine: Medical Location Services for emergency management: Information and coordination of rescue resources |
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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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Accidents; Disaster prevention; Disasters; Geographic information systems; Global positioning system; Health care; Information services; Information systems; Law enforcement; Location; Location based services; Radio; Risk management; Risks; Data quality; Emergency medicine; Handhelds; Mobile; Resource planning; Spatial informations; Triage; Information management |
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Crisis and disaster management in the Netherlands has made huge leaps forward in recent years with regard to different organisations trying to manage one or more aspects of the safety chain. This research focuses on the information structure of health care during disasters with an aim to improve disaster management and tries to answer the following question: How can location based services improve information services within health care during disasters? Through the use of literature and interviews this thesis describes how disaster management can be improved through the use of Location Based Services (LBS). The scope of this research is aimed at better understanding the organisational processes during somatic health care. By defining a case and on the basis of literature and interviews in the Province of Utrecht, it was possible to develop a three layer graph model (3LGM). This model shows an overview of information processes performed by the health care organisation during the first hour after an accident. In this context, the 3LGM model is used to obtain an overview of the quality of information processing in such a problem area. The organisational structure, which deals with disaster management, consists of a strong co-operation between the police, fire departments, the local government and the 'Medical Aid during Accidents and Disasters' (GHOR). The size of the organisation depends largely upon the scale of the disaster, however the current information structure is not suitable for storing and processing the information in an efficient and effective manner. The same applies when displaying information related to casualties and safety within an area. With the help of location based services consisting of, geographical information systems (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS) and second or third generation telecommunication technologies, the existing information structure can be optimised. Expected advantages are higher accessibility to health care, a safer environment for rescuers, more time for managing the healthcare processes and an improved interdisciplinary co-operation between the police, fire departments, the local government and the GHOR. © Proceedings ISCRAM 2004. |
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Spatial Information Laboratory, Institute for Environmental Studies, Free University, De Boelelaan 1087, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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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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1st International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Richelle Van Rijk; Marcel Van Berlo |
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Using CrisisKit and MOPED to improve emergency management team training |
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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; Disasters; Feedback; Information systems; Risk management; Distributed team training; Emergency management; Evaluation; Observers; Human resource management |
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In order to reduce the effects of a disaster, people in the emergency management organization have to be trained. In recent years training emergency management teams has become a bigger issue. A realistic and effective training of emergency management teams however is a difficult matter. We search for ways to improve this kind of training and to reduce the costs. In this paper two tools that can be used to improve emergency management training, CrisisKit and MOPED, will be discussed. © Proceedings ISCRAM 2004. |
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TNO Human Factors, Department of Training and Instruction, Kampweg 5, Soesterberg, Netherlands |
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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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1st International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Mario Rafael Ruíz Vargas; Paloma Díaz; Telmo Zarraonandia; Ignacio Aedo |
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Safety villages: A computer game for raising children's awareness of risks |
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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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Computer games; Information systems; Learning systems; Rural areas; Educational computer game; Edutainment; Emergency educations; Emergency training; Interactive system; Education |
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Computer games have proved to be a valuable educational resource in many different areas from medicine to military training as well as specific training in emergency responses. Their motivational benefits also make them particularly suitable for training children. However, in order to enjoy the benefits that the use of computer games may report, it is necessary that the games resemble those which children play for fun, and that it offers an appropriate balance between its educational and entertainment purposes. In this paper we present an educational game called “Safety Villages” of the mini-game genre which aims to help raise children's awareness of emergencies and domestic risks. The design and implementation of the game has been carried out following strategies and integrating components usually present in games for entertainment. A preliminary evaluation of the game has shown a positive response in children, indicating that they can both learn and enjoy themselves while playing the game. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Computer Science Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain |
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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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Serious Games for Crisis Management |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Eelco Vriezekolk; Roel Wieringa; Sandro Etalle |
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Design and initial validation ofthe Rastermethod for telecom service availability risk assessment |
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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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Availability; Information systems; Societies and institutions; Telecommunication services; Commercial structures; Crisis response; Crisis situations; Government agencies; Problem domain; Risk assessment methods; Service Level Agreements; Telecom services; Risk assessment |
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Crisis organisations depend on telecommunication services; unavailability of these services reduces the effectiveness of crisis response. Crisis organisations should therefore be aware of availability risks, and need a suitable risk assessment method. Such a method needs to be aware of the exceptional circumstances in which crisis organisations operate, and of the commercial structure of modern telecom services. We found that existing risk assessment methods are unsuitable for this problem domain. Hence, crisis organisations do not perform any risk assessment, trust their supplier, or rely on service level agreements, which are not meaningful during crisis situations. We have therefore developed a new risk assessment method, which we call RASTER. We have tested RASTER using a case study at the crisis organisation of a government agency, and improved the method based on the analysis of case results. Our initial validation suggests that the method can yield practical results. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Radiocommunications Agency Netherlands, University of Twente, Netherlands; Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Twente, Netherlands |
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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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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Nuwan Waidyanatha; Tharaka Wilfred; Kasun Perera; Manoj Silva; Brenda Burell |
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Complexity and usability of voice-enabled alerting and situational reporting decoupled systems |
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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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Decision support systems; Disaster prevention; Disasters; Electronic data interchange; Information systems; Interoperability; Alerting; Disaster communications; Disaster management; Human interactions; Incomplete information; Interactive voice response; Situational reporting; Sri Lanka; Information management |
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Telephone calls are the predominant telecommunication mode in Sri Lanka. Leveraging voice-based applications for disaster communication would be acceptable and sustainable. The findings in this paper are from an experiment concerning interactive voice for connecting community-based emergency field operatives with their central coordination hub. Challenge was in interchanging the Freedom Fone (FF) Interactive Voice Response (IVR) generated, Sinhala and Tamil language, speech data with the text-based 'Sahana' disaster management system for analysis and decision support. Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) interoperable content standard was adopted for mediation. Low quality voice data resulting in incomplete information was a barrier to automating transformations between text and speech. Replacing those processes with human procedure significantly degrades the reliability. Moreover, human interaction with decoupled software systems, to accomplish the sequence of tasks, points to instabilities. This paper discusses the complexities and usability shortcomings discovered through controlled-exercises in Sri Lanka. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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LIRNEasia, Sri Lanka; Lanka Jathika Sarvodaya Shramadana Sangamaya, Sri Lanka; Kubatana Trust of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe |
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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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Human Experiences in the Design of Crisis Response and Management Services and Systems |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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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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2411-3387 |
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9780864913326 |
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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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Steven C. Way; Yufei Yuan |
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Towards a context-aware multi-party emergency coordination system framework |
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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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Decision support systems; Information systems; Context-Aware; Coordination component; Coordination systems; Distributed group support systems; Emergency response; Emergency response systems; Multiparty coordination; Relationship management; Emergency services |
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A framework for an emergency response system is proposed which is an extension of, but significantly different from, traditional group and distributed group support systems. The framework considers the environmental, organizational, and activity-based issues of emergency response for responders and decision makers. These issues are addressed by incorporating context-aware, multi-agency relationship management, and multiparty coordination components into the framework for a context-aware multiparty coordination system. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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McMaster University, Canada |
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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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2411-3387 |
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9780864913326 |
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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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Felix Wex; Guido Schryen; Dirk Neumann |
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Operational emergency response under informational uncertainty: A fuzzy optimization model for scheduling and allocating rescue units |
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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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Artificial intelligence; Decision support systems; Fuzzy set theory; Information systems; Monte Carlo methods; Optimization; Computational evaluation; Coordination; Decision support models; Fuzzy optimization model; Heuristic solutions; Informational uncertainty; Linguistic assessment; Operational emergency; Scheduling |
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Coordination deficiencies have been identified after the March 2011 earthquakes in Japan in terms of scheduling and allocation of resources, with time pressure, resource shortages, and especially informational uncertainty being main challenges. We suggest a decision support model that accounts for these challenges by drawing on fuzzy set theory and fuzzy optimization. Based on requirements from practice and the findings of our literature review, the decision model considers the following premises: incidents and rescue units are spatially distributed, rescue units possess specific capabilities, processing is non-preemptive, and informational uncertainty through linguistic assessments is predominant when on-site units vaguely report about incidents and their attributes, or system reports are not exact. We also suggest a Monte Carlo-based heuristic solution procedure and conduct a computational evaluation of different scenarios. We benchmark the results of our heuristic with results yielded through applying a greedy approach. The results indicate that using our Monte Carlo simulation to solve the decision support model inspired by fuzzy set theory can substantially reduce the overall harm. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany; Universität Regensburg, Germany |
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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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2411-3387 |
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9780864913326 |
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Intelligent Systems |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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238 |
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Kim Weyns; Martin Höst |
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Risk analysis for critical systems with reliability block diagrams |
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Conference Article |
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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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Availability; Hospital data processing; Information systems; Reliability analysis; Risk assessment; Complex failure; Critical systems; Government; Patient data; Reliability block diagrams; Relief activities; Risk analysis methods; Vulnerability analysis; Risk analysis |
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Governmental organisations are becoming more critically dependant on IT systems such as communication systems or patient data systems, both for their everyday tasks and their role in crisis relief activities. Therefore it is important for the organisation to analyse the reliability of these systems as part of the organisation's risk and vulnerability analysis process. This paper presents a practical risk analysis method for critical, large-scale IT systems in an organisation. The method is based on reliability block diagram modelling and was adapted to fit the requirements of governmental organisations and to reduce the effort required to capture complex failure behaviour. The paper first explicitly lists the requirements that such a risk analysis method must fulfil, then presents the proposed risk analysis method and finally outlines the planned evaluation of this method. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Lund University, Sweden |
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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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2411-3387 |
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9780864913326 |
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Planning and Foresight |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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