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Author | Christoph Lamers | ||||
Title | Electronic Visualization for Situational Awareness in Control Rooms | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2022 | Publication | ISCRAM 2022 Conference Proceedings – 19th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2022 |
Volume | Issue | Pages | 1008-1011 | ||
Keywords | Situational Awareness; Situation Map; Command and Control; Visualization | ||||
Abstract | It is generally agreed in crisis management that a comprehensive visualization of the situation is crucial for an appropriate situational awareness of the staff personnel in control rooms. Therefore an expert group of fire officers in the German State North Rhine Westphalia developed a system for this purpose known as the “tactical wall”. The core of the system is a situation map of the relevant area with so-called tactical signs, i. e. defined graphic symbols for hazards, response units and tactical measures. Moreover, the assignment of response units to tactical sectors or staging areas as well as other relevant information such as the management organization is displayed at defined places within the wall. While the system was purely manual in its original version, a new digital version was recently developed. The user interfaces of this system are web-based and can by intuitively operated after a minor training effort. | ||||
Address | State Fire Service Institute North Rhine Westphalia | ||||
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Publisher | Place of Publication | Tarbes, France | Editor | Rob Grace; Hossein Baharmand | |
Language | English | Summary Language | Original Title | ||
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 978-82-8427-099-9 | Medium | |
Track | Technologies for First Responders | Expedition | Conference | ||
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2466 | ||
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Author | Erik Borglund; Jonas Hansson | ||||
Title | Tactical Police Interventions: Design Challenges for Situational Awareness | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2022 | Publication | ISCRAM 2022 Conference Proceedings – 19th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2022 |
Volume | Issue | Pages | 1037-1047 | ||
Keywords | Police; Police tactics; Situational Awareness; Tactical Intervention | ||||
Abstract | Police officers’ situational awareness during tactical intervention can be crucial for how they act and whether they use the correct level of force in extreme situations. This paper presents preliminary findings in ongoing research focusing on police tactical interventions and situational awareness. Twenty-one police officers were interviewed, and a video sequence of a shorter car chase was used to set the scene in the interviews. The interviewed police officers described their tactical decisions applying the standardized tactical approach applied in the Swedish police. In the analysis, a focus on how situational awareness is gained and how situational awareness is affected by tactical decisions is presented. The study indicates that the situational awareness process begins before the actual intervention (pre-intervention phase). During the actual intervention, situational awareness is very complex. Technology supporting police officers’ cognition, as well as management and control of one or many risk areas, is identified. | ||||
Address | Mid Sweden University & Umeå University, Police education; Umeå University, Police education | ||||
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Publisher | Place of Publication | Tarbes, France | Editor | Rob Grace; Hossein Baharmand | |
Language | English | Summary Language | Original Title | ||
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 978-82-8427-099-9 | Medium | |
Track | Open Track | Expedition | Conference | ||
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2469 | ||
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Author | Naveen Ashish; Sharad Mehrotra | ||||
Title | Community driven data integration for emergency response | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2010 | Publication | ISCRAM 2010 – 7th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Defining Crisis Management 3.0, Proceedings | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2010 |
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Keywords | Decision support systems; Information retrieval; Information systems; Community driven approach; Emergency response; Information aggregation; Information integration; Integration capability; Situational awareness systems; Situational-awareness; Software-as-service; Emergency services | ||||
Abstract | This paper describes our work in progress on an approach and technology for providing integrated data access in situational awareness applications – particularly for disaster and emergency response. The key new aspect of our work is an approach where information aggregation, processing, and integration capabilities are offered as a service to any new application builder. Further, we provide a framework for possibly reusing prior information integration knowledge, the development of which demands the major fraction of time and complexity in a new application, in a customized fashion for new application. Our overall goal is to provide a framework where integrated access to critical data in an emergency response situation can be enabled very rapidly and by personnel with basic IT and data handling expertise. Our approach, while general purpose, is currently motivated by and grounded in the context of situational awareness systems for incident commander decision support in the fire response domain. | ||||
Address | Calit2, University of California, Irvine, United Kingdom; ICS, University of California, Irvine, United States | ||||
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Publisher | Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM | Place of Publication | Seattle, WA | Editor | S. French, B. Tomaszewski, C. Zobel |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | Medium | ||
Track | Open Track | Expedition | Conference | 7th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 274 | |||
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Author | Jonathan L. Barr; Annie M. Boek Peddicord; Russ Burtner; Heidi A. Mahy | ||||
Title | Current domain challenges in the emergency response community | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2011 | Publication | 8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: From Early-Warning Systems to Preparedness and Training, ISCRAM 2011 | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2011 |
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Keywords | Communication; Decision support systems; Information systems; Knowledge management; Data access; Decision supports; Domain challenges; Gap analysis; Information environment; Knowledge transfer; Resource management; Situational awareness; Emergency services | ||||
Abstract | This paper describes the development of a framework targeted to technology providers to better understand the grand domain challenges of the emergency response and management community (EM). In developing this framework, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers interviewed subject matter experts (SMEs) across the EM domain and corroborated these findings with current literature. We are presently examining relationships and dependencies within the framework. We anticipate that a thorough understanding of these gaps and dependencies will allow for a more informed approach to prioritizing research, developing tools, and applying technology to enhance performance in the EM community. | ||||
Address | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States | ||||
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Publisher | Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM | Place of Publication | Lisbon | Editor | M.A. Santos, L. Sousa, E. Portela |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 9789724922478 | Medium | |
Track | Advanced Research Methods and Unconventional Results | Expedition | Conference | 8th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 288 | |||
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Author | Alena L. Benson; Keith Biggers; Jim Wall; Mark P. Haselkorn | ||||
Title | Adaptive development of a common operating environment for crisis response and management | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2010 | Publication | ISCRAM 2010 – 7th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Defining Crisis Management 3.0, Proceedings | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2010 |
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Keywords | Information services; Information systems; Interoperability; Network security; Service oriented architecture (SOA); Collaborative decision making; Common operating environments; Information environment; Situational awareness; System development; Response time (computer systems) | ||||
Abstract | Complex information and communication systems present a special challenge to system designers because these are generally deployed as large, distributed systems with diverse user groups. Crisis response and management organizations in particular expect systems to be interoperable, resilient, flexible and provide lasting benefit. Currently, systems such as Virtual USA (Department of Homeland Security) and WatchKeeper (United States Coast Guard) seek to create common situational awareness for all participating agencies in security and incident response operations. We propose adaptive development as a system development model to build upon the ideas of systems such as Virtual USA and WatchKeeper in order to create sustainable and adaptable systems. Adaptive development supports ongoing improvement through user-driven design and modification in the target environment. An internet-based dashboard demonstrated during a United States Coast Guard Sector Seattle incident response exercise serves as an emergent case study for the adaptive model. | ||||
Address | University of Washington, United States; Texas AandM University, United States | ||||
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Publisher | Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM | Place of Publication | Seattle, WA | Editor | S. French, B. Tomaszewski, C. Zobel |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | Medium | ||
Track | Special Session: Puget Sound Regional Initiatives towards a Common Operating Environment | Expedition | Conference | 7th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 305 | |||
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Author | Nitesh Bharosa; Jaco Appelman; Peter De Bruin | ||||
Title | Integrating technology in crisis response using an information manager: First lessons learned from field exercises in the Port of Rotterdam | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2007 | Publication | Intelligent Human Computer Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2007 Academic Proceedings Papers | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2007 |
Volume | Issue | Pages | 63-70 | ||
Keywords | Information systems; Crisis management; Incomplete information; Information managers; Information structures; Integrating information; Integrating technology; Operational command; Situational awareness; Managers | ||||
Abstract | Integrating information technology (IT) in crisis management networks is a difficult and long-term endeavor. First responders must establish situational awareness and take decisions under time pressure with incomplete information. Partly, this can be mitigated by adopting more advanced IT, however practice shows that adoption is hampered because of the required change in routines and procedures. We believe that we can moderate a change in routines and stimulate the adoption of technology by introducing a new role: the information manager (IM). This paper presents some results of the first round of field observations. The main conclusion is that the IM is instrumental where it concerns, speeding up the process of establishing situational awareness and improving the information structures. In order to further improve the production of situational awareness we suggest that further research should address the issues of the internalization of process guidelines and enhancing the adaptability of information systems. | ||||
Address | Delft University of Technology, Corgwell, Netherlands; NoSe Innovations, Netherlands | ||||
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Publisher | Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM | Place of Publication | Delft | Editor | B. Van de Walle, P. Burghardt, K. Nieuwenhuis |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 9789054874171; 9789090218717 | Medium | |
Track | FRIT | Expedition | Conference | 4th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 322 | |||
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Author | Lindsley G. Boiney; Bradley Goodman; Robert Gaimari; Jeffrey Zarrella; Christopher Berube; Janet Hitzeman | ||||
Title | Taming multiple chat room collaboration: Real-time visual cues to social networks and emerging threads | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2008 | Publication | Proceedings of ISCRAM 2008 – 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2008 |
Volume | Issue | Pages | 660-668 | ||
Keywords | Decision making; Flow visualization; Information systems; Social networking (online); Chat; Collaboration; Collaboration environments; Exchange of information; Information exchanges; Real time decision-making; Real-time information sharing; Situational awareness; Internet | ||||
Abstract | Distributed teams increasingly rely on collaboration environments, typically including chat, to link diverse experts for real time information sharing and decision-making. Current chat-based technologies enable easy exchange of information, but don't focus on managing those information exchanges. Important cues that guide face-to-face collaboration are either lost or missing. In some military environments, operators may juggle over a dozen chat rooms in order to collaborate on complex missions. This often leads to confusion, overload, miscommunication and delayed decisions. Our technology supports chat management. A summary display bar reduces the number of chat rooms operators need open by providing high level situational awareness pointers, in real-time, to: a) rooms with increasing message activity levels, b) rooms in which important collaborators are participating (those in the operator's social network), and c) rooms in which operator-selected keywords are used. This ability to peripherally monitor less critical chat rooms reduces operator overload, while enhancing the ability to rapidly detect important emerging discussion threads. © 2008 The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. | ||||
Address | MITRE Corp, United States | ||||
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Publisher | Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM | Place of Publication | Washington, DC | Editor | F. Fiedrich, B. Van de Walle |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 9780615206974 | Medium | |
Track | Visualization and Smart Room Technology for Decision Making, Information Sharing, and Collaboration | Expedition | Conference | 5th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 335 | |||
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Author | Albert Y. Chen; Feniosky Peña-Mora; Saumil J. Mehta; Stuart Foltz; Albert P. Plans; Brian R. Brauer; Scott Nacheman | ||||
Title | A GIS approach to equipment allocation for structural stabilization and civilian rescue | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2010 | Publication | ISCRAM 2010 – 7th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Defining Crisis Management 3.0, Proceedings | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2010 |
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Keywords | Artificial intelligence; Decision support systems; Disaster prevention; Disasters; Geographic information systems; Information systems; Lifesaving equipment; Radio frequency identification (RFID); Equipment allocation; Illinois fire service institutes; Resource repositories; Situational awareness; Structural condition; Structural stabilization; Urban search and rescue; Urban search and rescue operations; Emergency services | ||||
Abstract | Efficient request and deployment of critical resources for urban search and rescue operations is vital to emergency response. This paper presents a RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) supported system for on-site data collection to communicate structural condition, to track search and rescue status, and to request and allocate appropriate resources. The system provides a unified interface for efficient posing, gathering, storing and sharing of building assessment information. Visualization and easy access of such information enables rescuers to response to the disaster with better situational awareness. Resource requests are sent to the GIS resource repository service that enables a visual disaster management environment for resource allocation. Request and deployment of critical resources through this system enables lifesaving efforts, with the appropriate equipment, operator, and materials, become more efficient and effective. System development at the Illinois Fire Service Institute has shown promising results. | ||||
Address | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, United States; Columbia University, United States; Construction Engineering Research Lab, United States; Universitat of Politècnica, Catalunya, Spain; Illinois Fire Service Institute, United States; Thornton Tomasetti, United States | ||||
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Publisher | Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM | Place of Publication | Seattle, WA | Editor | S. French, B. Tomaszewski, C. Zobel |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | Medium | ||
Track | Open Track | Expedition | Conference | 7th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 388 | |||
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Author | Kevin Fall; Gianluca Iannaccone; Jayanthkumar Kannan; Fernando Silveira; Nina Taft | ||||
Title | A disruption-tolerant architecture for secure and efficient disaster response communications | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2010 | Publication | ISCRAM 2010 – 7th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Defining Crisis Management 3.0, Proceedings | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2010 |
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Keywords | Data privacy; Information systems; Network architecture; Communications infrastructure; Disaster response; Disruption tolerant networking; Information sharing; Intermittent connectivity; Redundant content; Security and privacy; Situational awareness; Disasters | ||||
Abstract | We consider the problem of providing situational awareness when citizens in a disaster are willing to contribute their own devices, such as laptops and smart phones, to gather data (text, images, audio or video) and to help forward data gathered by others. A situational awareness service processes all received data and creates annotated maps to visualize a disaster site (e.g., the status of the disaster, such as fires or floods, the location of people, food, or water). We discuss the challenges imposed on such an application when 1) the communications infrastructure in the disaster area can only provide intermittent connectivity, 2) anxious victims generate large amounts of redundant content congesting the network, and 3) the sharing of personal devices creates security and privacy threats. We present an architecture that addresses the requirements to support such a service. | ||||
Address | Intel Labs, Berkeley, United States; University of California, Berkeley, United States; UPMC Paris Universitas, France | ||||
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Publisher | Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM | Place of Publication | Seattle, WA | Editor | S. French, B. Tomaszewski, C. Zobel |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | Medium | ||
Track | Collaboration and Social Networking | Expedition | Conference | 7th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 483 | |||
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Author | Geoffrey Hoare; Mary Beth Russell; Aaron Kite-Powell; Rick France | ||||
Title | Developing H1N1 hospital surge dashboard indicators: A demonstration | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2010 | Publication | ISCRAM 2010 – 7th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Defining Crisis Management 3.0, Proceedings | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2010 |
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Keywords | Health care; Information systems; Public health; Esf-8; Florida; H1n1; Medical emergency; Situational awareness; Surge; Hospitals | ||||
Abstract | Developing key state-wide indicators of Florida's health care system's public health capacity during the H1N1 Pandemic has been challenging. This demonstration outlines work to develop a key indicator of patient surge caused by the H1N1 outbreak. Further work to calibrate this measure and relate it to surge in other health care organizations is outlined. | ||||
Address | Florida Department of Health, United States | ||||
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Publisher | Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM | Place of Publication | Seattle, WA | Editor | S. French, B. Tomaszewski, C. Zobel |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | Medium | ||
Track | Planning, Foresight and/or Risk Analysis | Expedition | Conference | 7th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 585 | |||
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Author | Erkki Kurkinen; Helen T. Sullivan; Markku Häkkinen; Markku Lauttamus | ||||
Title | Optimizing mobile social media interfaces for rapid internal communication by emergency services | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2010 | Publication | ISCRAM 2010 – 7th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Defining Crisis Management 3.0, Proceedings | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2010 |
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Keywords | Emergency services; Human computer interaction; Information systems; Law enforcement; Social networking (online); Tracking (position); User interfaces; Geolocations; Interaction methods; Internal communications; Mobile social medias; Operational efficiencies; Situational awareness; Social media; Social media concepts; Mobile devices | ||||
Abstract | Social media tools are seeing use in crisis situations. Authorities have recognized the value of such tools and are beginning to use services such as Facebook and Twitter to disseminate official information. However, the use of the social media concept as an internal, operational tool by emergency services is in its early stages. Current social media tools for mobile devices are of potential value, yet security concerns can render such systems unsuitable for operational use, and the user interface can hinder operational efficiency due to the inheritance of a text based model for input and display. The research to be described is examining interaction methods that may improve the efficiency and usability of mobile device-based social media for operational use by police services. A Twitter like model for police activity reports can provide a means for enhanced situational awareness for police command authorities, and for individual officers or patrol units engaged in the “professional” media interchanges. The proposed model, SUMO, is based on a hybrid symbolic and text interface to rapidly enter status, integrated with geolocation, and sensor-based data to automatically capture key information, and thereby minimizing the amount effort required create a complete status update. | ||||
Address | University of Jyväskylä, Finland; Rider University, United States | ||||
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Publisher | Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM | Place of Publication | Seattle, WA | Editor | S. French, B. Tomaszewski, C. Zobel |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | Medium | ||
Track | Human-Computer Interaction | Expedition | Conference | 7th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 665 | |||
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Author | Robin E. Mays; Mark Zachry; Murat, A.; Mark P. Haselkorn | ||||
Title | Aligning border security workflow and decision making with supporting information and communication systems | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2011 | Publication | 8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: From Early-Warning Systems to Preparedness and Training, ISCRAM 2011 | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2011 |
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Keywords | Cognitive systems; Communication; Computers; Decision making; Information services; Information systems; Service oriented architecture (SOA); Adaptive development; C2; C2 systems; C3; C4; Cognitive schemas; Collaborative decision making; Command and control; Common operating environments; Information environment; Situational awareness; System development; Command and control systems | ||||
Abstract | As part of the National Center for Border Security and Immigration (NCBSI) led by the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), researchers from the University of Washington, Wayne State University, and UTEP conducted a three-site study of border security operations and the role of command, control and communication (C3) systems in support of those operations. While inevitably bringing some positive capability to the environment, if C3 systems are not consciously aligned with desired practices and decision-making, the implications will not always be for the better. This is especially true of C3 systems in the border security environment because these systems are intimately intertwined with complex and critical workflow and decision-making processes, often in the context of complex and, at times, competing missions. | ||||
Address | University of Washington, United States; Wayne State University, United States | ||||
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Publisher | Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM | Place of Publication | Lisbon | Editor | M.A. Santos, L. Sousa, E. Portela |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 9789724922478 | Medium | |
Track | Command and Control Studies | Expedition | Conference | 8th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 752 | |||
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Author | Babajide Osatuyi; Michael J. Chumer | ||||
Title | An empirical investigation of alert notifications: A temporal analysis approach | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2010 | Publication | ISCRAM 2010 – 7th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Defining Crisis Management 3.0, Proceedings | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2010 |
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Keywords | Social networking (online); Time series analysis; Alert notification; Emergency responders; Empirical investigation; Information and Communication Technologies; Intelligence gathering; Situational awareness; Social Network Sites; Temporal analysis; Information systems | ||||
Abstract | As the deployment of situational awareness mechanisms such as geothermal sensors, use of social network sites, and information and communication technologies (e.g., cell phones) become increasingly widespread to emergency responders, the problem of alert analysis has become very important. Broadcast of large amounts of alerts sent back to command centers for processing may impair the ability of analysts to connect dots that may otherwise adequately enable them to make informed decisions in a timely fashion. This paper investigates trends and patterns embedded in alert notifications generated over a given period of time in order to uncover correlations that may exist in the data. Data for this study are obtained from the National Center for Crisis and Continuity Coordination (NC4). We employ classical time series analysis to understand, explain and predict trends and patterns in the data. This work presents results obtained thus far in the quest for the effect of passage of time on alert patterns. Implications of this work in practice and research are discussed. | ||||
Address | New Jersey Institute of Technology, United States | ||||
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Publisher | Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM | Place of Publication | Seattle, WA | Editor | S. French, B. Tomaszewski, C. Zobel |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | Medium | ||
Track | Open Track | Expedition | Conference | 7th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 817 | |||
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Author | Cláudio Sapateiro; Pedro Antunes | ||||
Title | An emergency response model toward situational awareness improvement | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 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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Keywords | Information systems; Model structures; Risk management; Business continuity; Contingent factors; Emergency management; Emergency response; Emergency scenario; High reliability organizations; Situation awareness; Situational awareness; Emergency services | ||||
Abstract | When facing emergency scenarios, several contingent factors may strongly condition the pre-defined response procedures. The proposed approach takes the perspective that an emergency response tool may guide the response effort. The tool adopts a conceptual model grounded on existing situation awareness models and research work done with High Reliability Organizations. The model structures the emergency management process in a set of dimensions that should be collaboratively correlated by the involved participants in order to mitigate the disruptive situation. An instantiation of the proposed approach is also described in the paper, focusing on IT service desk teams addressing emergency incidents that may compromise business continuity. | ||||
Address | Systems and Informatics Department, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Portugal; Informatics Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal | ||||
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Publisher | Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM | Place of Publication | Gothenburg | Editor | J. Landgren, S. Jul |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 9789163347153 | Medium | |
Track | Open Track | Expedition | Conference | 6th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 913 | |||
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Author | Brian M. Tomaszewski; Anthony C. Robinson; Chris E. Weaver; Michael Stryker; Alan M. MacEachren | ||||
Title | Geovisual analytics and crisis management | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2007 | Publication | Intelligent Human Computer Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM 2007 Academic Proceedings Papers | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2007 |
Volume | Issue | Pages | 173-179 | ||
Keywords | Flow visualization; Visualization; Analytical reasoning; Complex connections; Geo-spatial informations; Geovisual analytics; Multiple data sources; Situational awareness; Support crisis management; Visual environments; Decision making | ||||
Abstract | Increasing data heterogeneity, fragmentation and volume, coupled with complex connections among specialists in disaster response, mitigation, and recovery situations demand new approaches for information technology to support crisis management. Advances in visual analytics tools show promise to support time-sensitive collaboration, analytical reasoning, problem solving and decision making for crisis management. Furthermore, as all crises have geospatial components, crisis management tools need to include geospatial data representation and support for geographic contextualization of location-specific decision-making throughout the crisis. This paper provides an introduction to and description of Geovisual Analytics applied to crisis management activity. The goal of Geovisual Analytics in this context is to support situational awareness, problem solving, and decision making using highly interactive, visual environments that integrate multiple data sources that include georeferencing. We use an emergency support function example to discuss how recent progress in Geovisual Analytics can address the issues a crisis can present. | ||||
Address | Department of Geography, GeoVISTA Center, Pennsylvania State University, United States | ||||
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Publisher | Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM | Place of Publication | Delft | Editor | B. Van de Walle, P. Burghardt, K. Nieuwenhuis |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 9789054874171; 9789090218717 | Medium | |
Track | VISU | Expedition | Conference | 4th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 1011 | |||
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Author | Kristine Steen-Tveit; Jaziar Radianti | ||||
Title | Analysis of Common Operational Picture and Situational Awareness during Multiple Emergency Response Scenarios | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2019 | Publication | Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response And Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2019 |
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Keywords | Full-scale drill, elicitation methods, situational awareness, common operational picture, information needs. | ||||
Abstract | Disaster response operations require communication and coordination between agencies that seldom occurs in everyday workday situations. Furthermore, in such hybrid environments it is necessary to establish a common operational picture for the responders involved to support collaborative decision-making. The emergency responders must gain situational awareness, and this can further affect the quality of how they deal with the situation. Training in emergency situations is shown to be efficient for learning. In order to understand the complexity of working in unpredictable environments, an analysis of an audio-log from a large-scale drill was carried out. Moreover, this paper provides a definition of several categories for identifying the processes to establish situational awareness and a common operational picture among emergency responders. The analysis process revealed how the actors communicate and revealed an overall communication pattern. | ||||
Address | University of Agder, Norway, Norway | ||||
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Publisher | Iscram | Place of Publication | Valencia, Spain | Editor | Franco, Z.; González, J.J.; Canós, J.H. |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 978-84-09-10498-7 | Medium | |
Track | T2- Command and control studies | Expedition | Conference | 16th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2019) | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 1931 | |||
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Author | Sandra König; Stefan Schauer | ||||
Title | Cascading Threats in Critical Infrastructures with Control Systems | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2019 | Publication | Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response And Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2019 |
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Keywords | Cascading failures, industrial control systems, critical infrastructures, hybrid situational awareness | ||||
Abstract | Critical infrastructures (CIs) increase in complexity due to numerous dependencies on other CIs but also due to the ongoing digitalization in the industry sector. This yields an increased risk of failure of a single CI as the overall systems gets very fragile and sensitive to errors Failure of a single component may affect large parts of an infrastructure due to cascading effects. One way to support functionality of a CI is the use of Industrial Control Systems (ICS) that allow monitoring remote sites and controlling processes. However, this is an additional source for threats as recent cyber-attacks have shown. Further, the additional information for such cyber systems is often not efficiently combined with existing information on the physical infrastructure. We here propose a method to combine these two sources of information in order to estimate the impact of a security incident on CIs, taking into account cascading effects of threats. An implementation of the model allows simulation of the dynamics inside a CI and yields a record of the status of each asset of the CI. The way the assets change their states illustrates the consequences of an incident on the entire CI. Visualization of the results provides an overview on the situation of the entire CI at a certain point of time and a sequence of such visualization over an entire period of time illustrates the changes over time. The results from this analysis may be used to support security officers in analyzing the current (hybrid) state of their CI in case of an incident and thus increase the hybrid situational awareness. | ||||
Address | Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria | ||||
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Publisher | Iscram | Place of Publication | Valencia, Spain | Editor | Franco, Z.; González, J.J.; Canós, J.H. |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 978-84-09-10498-7 | Medium | |
Track | T14 - Protecting Critical Infrastructures in Crisis Situations | Expedition | Conference | 16th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2019) | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 1932 | |||
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Author | Terje Gjøsæter; Jaziar Radianti; Weiqin Chen | ||||
Title | Understanding Situational Disabilities and Situational Awareness in Disasters | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2019 | Publication | Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response And Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2019 |
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Keywords | Situational Disabilities, Situational Awareness, Universal Design of ICT for Emergency Management | ||||
Abstract | In this paper, a scenario-based approach augmented with personas typically used in universal design and interactive design domains is used to illustrate the occurrence of situational disabilities in emergency situations, and to show how environmental factors can trigger these situational disabilities. With the help of personas representing selected archetypical characteristics and roles, the scenarios are further examined to show how these situational disabilities can affect the situational awareness of different stakeholders, not only in the command and control centers, but also first responders in the field as well as affected members of the public. This approach provides a better understanding of the importance of universal design of ICT for Emergency Management, not only for people with disabilities and the elderly, but for anyone. |
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Address | Oslo Metropolitan University;Centre for Integrated Emegenency Management, University of Agder | ||||
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Publisher | Iscram | Place of Publication | Valencia, Spain | Editor | Franco, Z.; González, J.J.; Canós, J.H. |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 978-84-09-10498-7 | Medium | |
Track | T9- Universal Design of ICT in Emergency Management | Expedition | Conference | 16th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2019) | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 1924 | |||
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Author | Bjørn Erik Munkvold; Jaziar Radianti; Jan Ketil Rød; Tomasz Opach; Mikael Snaprud; Sofie Pilemalm; Deborah Bunker | ||||
Title | Sharing Incident and Threat Information for Common Situational Understanding | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2019 | Publication | Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response And Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2019 |
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Keywords | Common operational picture, situational awareness, collaboration support, geographic information systems, terminology harmonisation | ||||
Abstract | This paper presents the INSITU research project initiated to provide a systematic approach for effective sharing, integration and use of information from different sources, to establish a common operational picture (COP) and shared situational understanding among multiple actors in emergency response. The solution developed will provide an interactive map display, integrating harmonisation of terminology and collaboration support for information sharing and synthesis. The enhanced COP will also support evaluation and learning from exercises and incidents. The project involves close collaboration with emergency management stakeholders in Norway, for requirements analysis, participatory design, and validation of project deliverables. The research will improve information sharing and decision support in emergency operations centres, which will contribute to improve societal resilience through more effective response capability. | ||||
Address | CIEM, University of Agder;Norwegian University of Science and Technology;Tingtun AS;CARER, Linköping University;University of Sydney | ||||
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Publisher | Iscram | Place of Publication | Valencia, Spain | Editor | Franco, Z.; González, J.J.; Canós, J.H. |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 978-84-09-10498-7 | Medium | |
Track | T15- Open Track | Expedition | Conference | 16th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2019) | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 1994 | |||
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Author | Richard Arias-Hernandez; Brian Fisher | ||||
Title | An interaction approach to enhance situational awareness and the production of anticipatory actions in emergency operation centers | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2013 | Publication | ISCRAM 2013 Conference Proceedings – 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2013 |
Volume | Issue | Pages | 488-496 | ||
Keywords | Alignment; Risk management; Anticipation; Emergency operation centers; Human-centered designs; Interaction design; Joint actions; Situational awareness; Design | ||||
Abstract | Recent findings from fieldwork conducted at emergency operation centers (EOC) suggest that currently deployed emergency management information systems (EMIS) are not supporting properly the anticipation of individual actions in cooperative work. We present these findings in this paper and introduce joint action theory as an interaction approach to design technologies that explicitly provide for this kind of support. Our main arguments are: (1) contemporary EMIS are affecting negatively cooperative work at EOCs due to their lack of support for the anticipation of individual actions; (2) Available theory that emphasizes the role of anticipation on cooperative work is not impacting on the design of EMIS due to misalignments between the theory and contemporary situations; (3) Joint action theory provides an alternative framework to correct these misalignments; and (4) Joint action theory provides designers of EMIS with guides for an interaction design that supports anticipatory actions in EOCs. | ||||
Address | Simon Fraser University, Canada | ||||
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Publisher | Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie | Place of Publication | KIT; Baden-Baden | Editor | T. Comes, F. Fiedrich, S. Fortier, J. Geldermann and T. Müller |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 9783923704804 | Medium | |
Track | Emergency Management Information Systems | Expedition | Conference | 10th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 271 | |||
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Author | Daniel Iland; Don Voita; Elizabeth Belding | ||||
Title | Delay tolerant disaster communication with the One Laptop per Child XO laptop | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2013 | Publication | ISCRAM 2013 Conference Proceedings – 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2013 |
Volume | Issue | Pages | 863-867 | ||
Keywords | Disasters; Information systems; Internet; MESH networking; Delay Tolerant Networking; Disaster communications; Epidemic routing; Information sharing; Olpc; Peer to peer; Situational awareness; Telepathy salut; Ushahidi; Laptop computers | ||||
Abstract | In this paper, we describe the design, implementation, and evaluation of a mesh network based messaging application for the One Laptop Per Child XO laptop. We outline the creation of an easy-to-use OLPC Activity that exchanges Ushahidi-style messages with nearby OLPC users through the Internet or a mesh network. Our contributions are to implement an epidemic messaging scheme on mesh networks of OLPC XO laptops, to extend the Ushahidi web application to efficiently exchange messages with nodes in mesh networks, and to allow the Ushahidi server to distribute cures, notifications of message delivery, for each received message. Testing and analysis revealed substantial overhead is introduced by the OLPC's use of Telepathy Salut for activity sharing. | ||||
Address | University of California, Santa Barbara, United States | ||||
Corporate Author | Thesis | ||||
Publisher | Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie | Place of Publication | KIT; Baden-Baden | Editor | T. Comes, F. Fiedrich, S. Fortier, J. Geldermann and T. Müller |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 9783923704804 | Medium | |
Track | Social Media | Expedition | Conference | 10th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 611 | |||
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Author | Muhammad Imran; Shady Elbassuoni; Carlos Castillo; Fernando Díaz; Patrick Meier | ||||
Title | Extracting information nuggets from disaster- Related messages in social media | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2013 | Publication | ISCRAM 2013 Conference Proceedings – 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2013 |
Volume | Issue | Pages | 791-801 | ||
Keywords | Artificial intelligence; Data visualization; Disasters; Information retrieval; Information systems; Learning systems; Social networking (online); Emergency responders; Extracting information; Machine learning methods; Situational awareness; Social media; Supervised classification; Twitter; Visualization system; Emergency services | ||||
Abstract | Microblogging sites such as Twitter can play a vital role in spreading information during “natural” or man-made disasters. But the volume and velocity of tweets posted during crises today tend to be extremely high, making it hard for disaster-affected communities and professional emergency responders to process the information in a timely manner. Furthermore, posts tend to vary highly in terms of their subjects and usefulness; from messages that are entirely off-topic or personal in nature, to messages containing critical information that augments situational awareness. Finding actionable information can accelerate disaster response and alleviate both property and human losses. In this paper, we describe automatic methods for extracting information from microblog posts. Specifically, we focus on extracting valuable “information nuggets”, brief, self-contained information items relevant to disaster response. Our methods leverage machine learning methods for classifying posts and information extraction. Our results, validated over one large disaster-related dataset, reveal that a careful design can yield an effective system, paving the way for more sophisticated data analysis and visualization systems. | ||||
Address | University of Trento, Italy; American Univ. of Beirut, Lebanon; QCRI, Qatar; Microsoft Research, Qatar | ||||
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Publisher | Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie | Place of Publication | KIT; Baden-Baden | Editor | T. Comes, F. Fiedrich, S. Fortier, J. Geldermann and T. Müller |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 9783923704804 | Medium | |
Track | Social Media | Expedition | Conference | 10th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 613 | |||
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Author | Shalini Kurapati; Gwendolyn Kolfschoten; Alexander Verbraeck; Thomas M. Corsi; Frances Brazier | ||||
Title | Exploring shared situational awareness in supply chain disruptions | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2013 | Publication | ISCRAM 2013 Conference Proceedings – 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2013 |
Volume | Issue | Pages | 151-155 | ||
Keywords | Information analysis; Information systems; Information sharing; Serious games; Shared situational awareness; Supply chain visibility; Supply-chain disruptions; Supply chains | ||||
Abstract | Risk and volatility in the form of political issues, natural disasters, terrorism etc., are impending dangers to the normal functioning of today's world. Supply Chains (SCs) are the backbone to societal functions and are heavily affected when such events occur. SC professionals have limited preparedness to deal with disruptions. Shared Situational Awareness (SSA) by means of information sharing, coordination and collaboration among SC partners, can significantly improve the recovery capacity of supply chains from disruptions. To prepare SC professionals for disruptions, a serious game (a tabletop board game) has been developed. The game serves both as an instrument to explore SSA during disruptions and as a training tool for SC practitioners. The paper discusses the design, development and applicability of the serious game based on an SSA framework in multistakeholder systems. | ||||
Address | TU Delft, Netherlands; University of Maryland, United States | ||||
Corporate Author | Thesis | ||||
Publisher | Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie | Place of Publication | KIT; Baden-Baden | Editor | T. Comes, F. Fiedrich, S. Fortier, J. Geldermann and T. Müller |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 9783923704804 | Medium | |
Track | Coordination and Collaboration | Expedition | Conference | 10th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 663 | |||
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Author | Kimmo Laakso | ||||
Title | Emergency management: Identifying problem domains in communication | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2013 | Publication | ISCRAM 2013 Conference Proceedings – 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2013 |
Volume | Issue | Pages | 724-729 | ||
Keywords | Accidents; Civil defense; Communication; Disasters; Information systems; Risk analysis; Risk assessment; Delphi method; Emergency management; Major accidents; Organizational cultures; Problem domain; Response plans; Short term planning; Situational awareness; Risk management | ||||
Abstract | In emergency management, the identification of hazards, analysis of risks, development of mitigation and response plans, maintaining of situational awareness and support of response and recovery are all complex responsibilities. A major accident brings together individuals belonging to many different organizations, having backgrounds in different fields of operation, and representing different organizational cultures. They have to absorb a large amount of information about the accident over a short period of time. In order to take effective action, actors are expected to work smoothly together, thus the flow of information from and to the actors involved is crucial. Nevertheless, there are certain problem domains in the different phases of emergency management, which may weaken the flow of information. In this paper we present the findings of the first round of a Delphi study in which we identified problem domains in communication both in long-term and short-term planning for major accidents. | ||||
Address | Finland Futures Research Centre, Ahma Engineers Ltd., University of Turku, Finland | ||||
Corporate Author | Thesis | ||||
Publisher | Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie | Place of Publication | KIT; Baden-Baden | Editor | T. Comes, F. Fiedrich, S. Fortier, J. Geldermann and T. Müller |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 9783923704804 | Medium | |
Track | Planning and Foresight | Expedition | Conference | 10th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 668 | |||
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Author | David F. Merrick; Tom Duffy | ||||
Title | Utilizing community volunteered information to enhance disaster situational awareness | Type | Conference Article | ||
Year | 2013 | Publication | ISCRAM 2013 Conference Proceedings – 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | ISCRAM 2013 |
Volume | Issue | Pages | 858-862 | ||
Keywords | Civil defense; Disasters; Information systems; Risk management; Social networking (online); Community volunteered information; Crowd sourcing; Facebook; Situational awareness; Social media; Twitter; Emergency services | ||||
Abstract | Social media allows the public to engage in the disaster response and recovery process in new and exciting ways. Many emergency management agencies in the United States are embracing social media as a new channel for alerts, warnings, and public outreach, but very few are mining the massive amounts of data available for use in disaster response. The research reflected in this paper strives to help emergency management practitioners harness the power of community volunteered information in a way that is still novel in most parts of the country. Field verification and research combined with survey results attempts to identify and solve many of the barriers to adoption that currently exist. By helping practitioners understand the virtues and limitations of this type of data and information, this research will encourage the use of community volunteered information in the emergency operations center. | ||||
Address | Florida State University, United States | ||||
Corporate Author | Thesis | ||||
Publisher | Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie | Place of Publication | KIT; Baden-Baden | Editor | T. Comes, F. Fiedrich, S. Fortier, J. Geldermann and T. Müller |
Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 9783923704804 | Medium | |
Track | Social Media | Expedition | Conference | 10th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
Notes | Approved | no | |||
Call Number | Serial | 767 | |||
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