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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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2411-3387 |
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9780864913326 |
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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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Oliver Schmitt; Tim A. Majchrzak |
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Using document-based databases for medical information systems in unreliable environments |
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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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Data storage equipment; Health care; Management information systems; Medical computing; Medical information systems; CouchDB; Crisis management; Crisis management systems; Development project; Document; Document-based; Medical data sets; Medical research; Database systems |
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Healthcare and crisis management are pervaded by the usage of Information Systems (IS). Virtually all IS rely on data storage. Despite the document-oriented nature of medical datasets, the prevailing kind of database used are relational (RDBMS) ones. In order to find a more adequate solution in a development project for a patientregistry, we evaluated a document-based database incorporated into the data storage layer of a system. To foster the understanding of this technology, we present the background of form-originated data storage in healthcare, introduce document-based databases, and describe our scenario. Based on our findings, we generalize the results with a focus on crisis management. We found that document-based databases such as CouchDB are well-suited for IS in medical contexts and might be a feasible option for the future implementation of systems in various fields of healthcare, crisis response, and medical research. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Department of Information Systems, University of Münster, 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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Healthcare Crisis Management Systems |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Peter A. Jongejan; Tim J. Grant |
| Title |
Social media in command & control: An extended framework |
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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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Communication; Information systems; Peer to peer networks; Basic theory; Crisis management; Dynamic environments; Network-enabled capabilities; Social media; Social software; Theoretical development; Work-in-progress; File editors |
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Our research is aimed at investigating whether social media has a role to play in military Command & Control. Since social media is peer-to-peer, it could facilitate Network-Enabled Capabilities. A useful theoretical development is Reuter, Marx, and Pipek's (2011) proposal of a two-by-two matrix for social software infrastructure. Their framework assumes one-way communication and monolithic organizations. However, to operate in a real-time, dynamic environment, crisis management organizations must close the decision-making loop. Moreover, they must be structured into an action part that handles the crisis on-site, and a control part that monitors and directs operations in real time. The purpose of this work-in-progress paper is to present our extension of Reuter et al's framework. The paper outlines Reuter et al's framework, summarises the basic theory of Command & Control, describes how we extended Reuter et al's framework, and outlines further research. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Netherlands Defence Academy, 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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English |
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2411-3387 |
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9780864913326 |
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Social Media and Collaborative Systems |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Richard McMaster; Chris Baber; Tom Duffy |
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The role of artefacts in Police emergency response sensemaking |
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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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Command and control systems; Communication; Information systems; Law enforcement; Collaborative sensemaking; Command and control; Data collection; Distributed cognition; Emergency response; Qualitative study; Sensemaking; Technical factors; Emergency services |
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This paper presents a study of the role of artefacts in sensemaking during emergency response. A qualitative study was conducted with two UK Police Forces, with a particular focus on the role of artefacts in the creation and modification of sensemaking frames. This research demonstrates that sensemaking is a key component of emergency response Command and Control and that this activity is distributed across the individuals within the system. Collaborative sensemaking is coordinated via social and organisational means, supported by a range of private (informal) and shared (formal) artefacts, which function as resources for action – cueing frame seeking and frame-defined data collection. The study also reveals the role of narrative in bridging the gap between these two parallel sensemaking processes and raises implications for the further digitisation of the emergency response environment, demonstrating the importance of balancing social and technical factors in the design of ICT for emergency response. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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University of Birmingham, 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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2411-3387 |
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9780864913326 |
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Command and Control Studies |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Rita Kovordanyi; Rudolf Schreiner; Jelle Pelfrene; Johan Jenvald; Henrik Eriksson; Amy Rankin; Michael Morin |
| Title |
Real-time support for exercise managers' situation assessment and decision making |
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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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Aggregates; Decision making; Decision support systems; Information systems; Managers; Ontology; Personnel training; Query languages; Semantics; Crisis management; Monitoring and controlling; Multiple response; Ontological representation; Semantic event processing; Situation assessment; Stream-based; Topic Maps; Human resource management |
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Exercise managers and instructors have a particularly challenging task in monitoring and controlling on-going exercises, which may involve multiple response teams and organizations in highly complex and continuously evolving crisis situations. Managers and instructors must handle potentially incomplete and conflicting field-observation data and make decisions in real-time in order to control the flow of the exercise and to keep it in line with the training objectives. In simulation-based exercises, managers and instructors have access to a rich set of real-time data, with an increased potential to closely monitor the trainees' actions, and to keep the exercise on track. To assist exercise managers and instructors, data about the on-going exercise can be filtered, aggregated and refined by real-time decision-support systems. We have developed a model and a prototype decision-support system, using stream-based reasoning to assist exercise managers and instructors in real-time. The approach takes advantage of topic maps for ontological representation and a complex-event processing engine for analyzing the data stream from a virtual-reality simulator for crisis-management training. Aggregated data is presented both on-screen, in Twitter, and in the form of topic maps. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Linköping University, Sweden; Object Security, Sweden; Space Applications Solutions, Sweden; VSL Systems, 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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9780864913326 |
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Event-Driven Techniques and Methods for Crisis Management |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Robert Lawatscheck; Stephan Düsterwald; Carsten Wirth; Torsten Schröder |
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ALARM: A modular IT solution to support and evaluate mass casualty incident (MCI) management |
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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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Alarm systems; Drilling; Information systems; Patient treatment; Personnel training; Radio frequency identification (RFID); Starting; Telemedicine; Alarm; Mass casualty incidents; Mission Report; Performance indicators; Tactical Worksheet; Triage; Information management |
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ALARM is a modular IT-solution to support emergency medical service (EMS) providers and rescue staff in mass casualty incident response and training. Seven modules were implemented, covering the entire process from preliminary triage, treatment support and resource management to tactical information and registration. Communication technology is used to close information and documentation gaps. The system uses medical algorithms and telemedicine to improve patient treatment. The ALARM system generates logs automatically including procedural time stamps and outcome factors such as triage and transport categories. This allows an objective analysis and comparison of missions and opens a new approach to evidence based MCI management and training. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Telemedizincentrum, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Klinik für Anästhesiologie mit Schwerpunkt operative Intensivmedizin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Technische Universität Berlin, DAI-Labor, 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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English |
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2411-3387 |
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9780864913326 |
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Healthcare Crisis Management Systems |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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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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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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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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English |
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2411-3387 |
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9780864913326 |
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Social Media and Collaborative Systems |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Robin Marterer; Matthias Moi; Rainer Koch |
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An architecture for distributed, event-driven systems to collect and analyze data in emergency operations and training exercises |
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Conference Article |
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2012 |
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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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Data reduction; Information services; Information systems; Service oriented architecture (SOA); Complex event processing; Data collection; Distributed systems; Emergency operations; Training exercise; Architecture |
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In order to perform serious research on reliable data from emergency operations and trainings, technological support is essential. Therefore we present an architecture for distributed, event-driven systems for the collection and analysis of data in emergency operations and trainings. The logical as well as the technical architecture will be presented. Most important design decisions, e.g. regarding extensibility, will be described. The architecture has been implemented as a system, which is composed out of a core server and distributed sensors sending data. The system is running since two years in two big European cities. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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University of Paderborn, Germany |
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Simon Fraser University |
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Vancouver, BC |
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L. Rothkrantz, J. Ristvej, Z.Franco |
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English |
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9780864913326 |
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Event-Driven Techniques and Methods for Crisis Management |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Sebastian Kurowski; Heiko Roßnagel; Jan Zibuschka; Wolf Engelbach |
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A concept for interoperability of security systems in public transport |
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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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Information systems; European research project; Heterogeneous communication; Heterogeneous information; Operational business; Public transport; Security; Shared understanding; System-of-systems architecture; Interoperability |
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In the field of public transport, operators and first responders collaborate in the prevention of and reaction to security issues. In order to optimise their specific daily operational business needs in a timely manner heterogeneous information and communication systems are deployed. In case of an incident however it is crucial that the various involved parties exchange relevant information to develop a shared understanding and act in a coordinated way. Yet, heterogeneous communication and information system infrastructures often hinder this crucial flow of information. To address this shortcoming it is crucial to enable the design of interoperable system-of-systems approaches in this domain. This paper describes a conceptual model to construct system-of-systems environments in the domain of security in public transport. By building on the results of several European research projects this concept offers a starting point for modelling and documenting individual systems inside a system-of-systems architecture. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Fraunhofer IAO, 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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English |
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2411-3387 |
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9780864913326 |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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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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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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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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Vancouver, BC |
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L. Rothkrantz, J. Ristvej, Z.Franco |
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English |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Selim Serhan Yildiz; Himmet Karaman |
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Developing a physics-based model for post-earthquake ignitions |
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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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Earthquakes; Flammable materials; Information systems; 1906 San Francisco earthquake; Combustible materials; Damaged infrastructure; Electrical appliances; Physics-based; Physics-based modeling; Post-earthquake fires; Urban; Electric ignition |
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Earthquakes not only cause damages by shaking, but secondary disasters like fire following earthquake (FFE), tsunami, liquefaction, land slide etc. also cause large-scale losses. In some cases, FFEs result in losses more than shaking do as seen in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the 1923 Kanto earthquake. FFEs are generally caused by strong ground shakings. Strong shakings damage the structures and infrastructures. As a consequence of earthquake, many ignitions can occur due to damaged gas systems and electrical systems, overturning of electrical appliances and heating equipments and falling of flammable materials from shelves in structures. In addition to interior structure ignitions, damaged infrastructure elements such as gas pipelines and electric transmission lines can also cause ignitions. Some of these ignitions spread due to amount of fuel load (combustible materials), construction material, direction and speed of wind etc. in the environment and they can turn into large urban conflagrations. This paper proposes a physics-based post-earthquake fire ignition model in order to estimate number and location of ignitions in urban areas. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Istanbul Technical University, Turkey |
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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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Analytical Modelling and Simulation |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Sérgio Freire; Christoph Aubrecht; Stephanie Wegscheider |
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When the tsunami comes to town – Improving evacuation modeling by integrating high-resolution population exposure |
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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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Floods; Information systems; Risk assessment; 3D analysis; Accurate modeling; Evacuation modeling; Horizontal and vertical displacement; Lisbon; Mitigation measures; Population exposure; Spatial modeling; Tsunamis |
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Tsunamis are a major risk for Lisbon (Portugal) coastal areas whose impacts can be extremely high, as confirmed by the past occurrence of major events. For correct risk assessment and awareness and for implementing mitigation measures, detailed simulation of exposure and evacuation is essential. This work uses a spatial modeling approach for estimating residential population distribution and exposure to tsunami flooding by individual building, and for simulating their evacuation travel time considering horizontal and vertical displacement. Results include finer evaluation of exposure to, and evacuation from, a potential tsunami, considering the specific inundation depth and building's height. This more detailed and accurate modeling of exposure to and evacuation from a potential tsunami can benefit risk assessment and contribute to more efficient Crisis Response and Management. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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FCSH, Research Centre for Geography and Regional Planning, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal; AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Foresight and Policy Development Department, Austria; German Aerospace Center (DLR), German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), 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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Geographic Information Science and Technology |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Sergio Herranz; David Díez; Díaz, P.; Starr Roxanne Hiltz |
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Exploring the design of technological platformsfor virtual communities of practice |
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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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Civil defense; Design; Disasters; Information systems; Virtual reality; Community IS; Critical domain; Design research; Emergency management; Intrinsic features; Social structure; Technological platform; Virtual communities of practices; Risk management |
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Virtual Communities of Practice (VCoP) refers to groups of people who share a concern about a specific domain or topic and use a virtual environment to share and increase their knowledge and expertise about this domain. This kind of social structure has intrinsic features suitable to support emergency management communities. Nevertheless, the design of specific technological platforms that support both the activity and the practice of the community is not a trivial task, especially in critical domains such as emergency management. This paper presents the inquiry process carried out over one and a half years for the purpose of generating insights about the application of VCoPs within the emergency management context. Based on a case study, a set of findings is presented about the guidelines that should be followed in order to develop suitable technological platforms that support the labor of VCoPs in the emergency management context. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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DEI Laboratory, Computer Science Department, Universidad Carlos III, 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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2411-3387 |
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9780864913326 |
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Social Media and Collaborative Systems |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Sigmund Kluckner; Johannes Sautter; Matthias Max; Wolf Engelbach; Tina Weber |
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Impacting factors on human reactionsto alerts |
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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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Knowledge based systems; Models; Social sciences; Alert; Crisis situations; Human behaviors; Human reaction; Literature reviews; Modeling and simulating; Support crisis management; Warning; Behavioral research |
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Crisis response authorities have to deal with the unpredictability of their population's behavior. One of the complex challenges is to understand the people's reaction after an official alert in a crisis situation has been issued. This paper elaborates a knowledge base to describe impacting factors on human reactions in alerting situations. For this purpose, a literature review in the theme of human behavior after warnings was conducted and augmented with information gathered in a series of interviews in German-speaking countries. The outcome is phrased as factors that might impact the human reaction to a warning. This knowledge base shall support crisis management practitioners in the elaboration of alerting strategies as well as allow researchers to systematically structure human behavior aspects for the purpose of modeling and simulating alert effects. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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University of Stuttgart, Germany; German Red Cross, 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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Special Session Mixed Methods |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Simon French; Naomi Chambers; Duncan Shaw; Alan Boyd; Russell King; Alison Whitehead |
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A scoping study of R&D needs in emergency planning in UK healthcare systems |
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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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Information systems; Emergency planning; Emergency preparedness; Health-care system; Information and Communication Technologies; Medical knowledge; Research and development; Scoping; Health care |
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Driven by events such as terrorist outrages and pandemics, the 21 st century has seen substantial changes in how countries plan for and manage emergencies across health care systems. Aside from changes in the pattern, type and scale of emergency, emergency preparedness must respond to developments in medical knowledge and treatment, and in information and communication technologies, particularly social networking. This report describes a scoping study of research and development (R&D) needs with regard to emergency planning in health care undertaken by the authors in the UK. We discuss the design of the study, difficulties in its conduct and, via a reference to the published final report, indicate its conclusions. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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University of Warwick, United Kingdom; Manchester Business School, United Kingdom; Warwick Business School, United Kingdom; Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, United Kingdom; Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, 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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2411-3387 |
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9780864913326 |
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Healthcare Crisis Management Systems |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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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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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; 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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2411-3387 |
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9780864913326 |
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Social Media and Collaborative Systems |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Simone De Kleermaeker; Loana Arentz |
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Serious gaming intraining for crisis response |
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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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Hardware; Oil well flooding; Personnel training; Added values; Crisis response; Early Warning System; Learning objectives; Netherlands; Serious games; Serious gaming; Information systems |
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In this practitioner report, we present the experiences with the use of the serious game Water Coach in a national training for crisis response professionals in the Netherlands. This paper describes the set-up of the training and its learning objectives. We explain the usability of the Water Coach in such a training and the extended functionalities that were required. Finally, the evaluation of the training, in which we focus on the added value of a serious game in the training for crisis response, is presented. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Deltares, 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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2411-3387 |
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9780864913326 |
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Education and Training |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Sofie Pilemalm; Tobias Andersson Granberg; Rebecca Stenberg; Anders Axelsson |
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Emergency response in rural areas |
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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; Information technology; Risk management; Emergency management; Emergency response; First responders; Social capitals; Technical solutions; Rural areas |
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In this study, security and safety in rural parts of Sweden is investigated. New ways of organizing for efficient response can be found in the extended collaboration between societal sectors and in utilizing the local social capital. New categories of first responders and their requirements are identified and we propose non-technical and technical solutions as support. The results' application to large-scale crises is discussed. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Linköping university, Sweden; Swedish Rescue Services, 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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2411-3387 |
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9780864913326 |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Stas Simon Krupenia; Cécilia Aguero |
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Asset distribution with a multitouch table |
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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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Information systems; Affordances; Collaborative Asset Distribution; Multi-touch tables; Objective performance measures; Operational planning; Potential needs; Real-time intelligence; Usability measures; Spreadsheets |
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We examined to what extent a MultiTouch Table (MTT) can support a collaborative Operational Planning Asset Distribution task as compared to traditional Spreadsheet methods. Participants were given different and complementary specialist roles and were then asked to distribute different sets of assets over an area of Operations with multiple known and unknown 'needs'. Additionally, participants had to satisfy a series of real time intelligence recommendations regarding potential needs. Of interest were subjective usability ratings and objective performance measures in terms of need fulfillment and satisfying intelligence recommendations. We found that on all but one usability measure participants rated the MTT more positively than the Spreadsheets. There was also a non-significant trend for greater needs fulfillment and resolving intelligence recommendations using the MTT than the spreadsheets. On the basis of the results we suggest that MTT technology offers a viable tool for supporting collaborative Asset Distribution tasks in general. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Thales Research and Technology, 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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2411-3387 |
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9780864913326 |
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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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Stas Simon Krupenia; Cécilia Aguero; Kees C.H.M. Nieuwenhuis |
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The value of different media types to support command and control situation awareness |
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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; Military operations; Probes; Audio; C2; Command and control; Photo; Situational awareness; Video; Video cameras |
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We investigated the value of different media types (Photo, Video, Audio) to support the situational awareness of a Command and Control (C2) officer monitoring three simultaneous military operations. Twenty-one Polish soldiers individually monitored the real-time battlefield information collected by three (virtual, scripted) platoons. Twice during the monitoring task a series of Situation Awareness (SA) probes were presented (Endsley, 1995). At the end of the task, participants were also given a series of meta-SA probes and preference questions. We found that Video supported Level 2 SA (comprehension) better than the other two media types. We also found that participants preferred to receive information in the Photos and Audio clips than in Video. We conclude that if the goal of the C2 team is to better understand the global situation, then providing the persons-in-the-field with video cameras is a valid solution. However, we obtained no evidence to suggest that such an approach supports the ability to predict what may occur in the future (Level 3 SA). © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Thales Research and Technology, 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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9780864913326 |
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Command and Control Studies |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Stella Moehrle |
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Generic self-learning decision support system for large-scale disasters |
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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 making; Decision support systems; Disaster prevention; Disasters; Information systems; Complex structure; Decision makers; Decision making process; Decision process; Disaster management; Emergency response; Large-scale disasters; Work in progress; Emergency services |
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Large-scale disasters, particularly failures of critical infrastructures, are exceptional situations which cannot be solved with standard countermeasures. The crises are complex and the decision makers face acute time pressure to respond to the disaster. IT based decision support systems provide potential solutions and assist the decision making process. Many decision support systems in emergency response and management concentrate on one kind of disaster. Moreover, complex structures are modeled and recommendations are made rule-based. This work in progress paper describes the first steps towards the development of a generic and self-learning decision support system. The methodology used is case-based reasoning. The paper concludes with a sample emergency decision process. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Institute for Nuclear and Energy Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 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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English |
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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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171 |
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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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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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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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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Sung-Yueh Perng; Monika Büscher; Lisa Wood; Ragnhild Halvorsrud; Michael E. Stiso; Leonardo Ramirez; Amro Al-Akkad |
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Peripheral response: Microblogging during the 22/7/2011 Norway attacks |
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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; Microblogging; Norway attacks; Peripheral response; Resource coordinations; Situation awareness; Professional aspects |
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This paper presents a case study of a very recent man-made crisis in Norway on 22 July, 2011, during which a single person first detonated a bomb in downtown Oslo and then killed 69 young people on the island of Utøya. It proposes a novel way of conceptualizing the public contribution to mobilization of resources using microblogging, particularly tweeting. By examining aspects of public and professional response to this crisis, the notion of peripheral response is developed in relation to emergent forms of agile and dialogic emergency response. Through examining the distributed efforts of responding to the crisis, the paper also revisits situation awareness and reflects upon the dynamic and constantly changing environment that social media and crises inhabit together. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Lancaster University, United Kingdom; SINTEF, Norway; Fraunhofer FIT, 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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Social Media and Collaborative Systems |
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9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Susanna Nilsson; Joel Brynielsson; Magdalena Granasen; Charlotte Hellgren; Sinna Lindquist; Mikael Lundin; Maribel Narganes Quijano; Jiri Trnka |
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Making use of new media for pan-European crisis communication |
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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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Hardware; Alerting; Crisis Information; New media; Screening tool; Social media; Information systems |
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Social or new media have over the past years become an integrated part of human communication, both as a means to establish and maintain social relationships, but also as a means of sharing and co-creating information. New media comes with an array of possibilities for individuals as well as organisations, corporations and authorities. Within the field of crisis communication new media possibilities, such as online sharing and social networking, has had an impact on the way crisis information is disseminated and updated. This paper addresses the issues related to using new media as a means of communicating crisis information and broadcasting alerting messages to the general population, and also discusses the role of new media in future pan-European alerting. It focuses on current and on-going research on social media for crisis communication. An extensive systematic literature review was done to identify factors that affect the use of social media for alerting and warning. These factors were mirrored in experiences, collected through interviews, in crisis communication organisations in three European regions (Sweden, Czech Republic and Spain). The factors finally form the basis for suggestions regarding the design of technological tools for both communication and information collection as part of a pan-European alerting system. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
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Swedish Defence Research Agency, SE-164 90 Stockholm, Sweden; Tecnalia Research and Innovation, Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, E-48170 Zamudio, 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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Social Media and Collaborative Systems |
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Conference |
9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Approved |
no |
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175 |
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| Author |
Susannah McClendon; Anthony C. Robinson |
| Title |
Leveraging geospatially-oriented social media communications in disaster response |
Type |
Conference Article |
| Year |
2012 |
Publication |
ISCRAM 2012 Conference Proceedings – 9th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
Abbreviated Journal |
ISCRAM 2012 |
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| Keywords |
Disasters; Emergency services; Information filtering; Information systems; Crisis management; Design considerations; Geographic information; Information resource; Mashups; Social media; Spatial informations; Support crisis management; Information management |
| Abstract |
Geospatially-oriented social media communications have emerged as a common information resource to support crisis management. Our research compares the capabilities of two popular systems used to collect and visualize such information – Project Epic's Tweak the Tweet (TtT) and Ushahidi. Our research uses geospatially-oriented social media gathered by both projects during recent disasters to compare and contrast the frequency, content, and location components of contributed information to both systems. We compare how data was gathered and filtered, how spatial information was extracted and mapped, and the mechanisms by which the resulting synthesized information was shared with response and recovery organizations. In addition, we categorize the degree to which each platform in each disaster led to actions by first responders and emergency managers. Based on the results of our comparisons we identify key design considerations for future social media mapping tools to support crisis management. © 2012 ISCRAM. |
| Address |
GeoVISTA Center, Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University, United States |
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| Publisher |
Simon Fraser University |
Place of Publication |
Vancouver, BC |
Editor |
L. Rothkrantz, J. Ristvej, Z.Franco |
| Language |
English |
Summary Language |
English |
Original Title |
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Edition |
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| ISSN |
2411-3387 |
ISBN |
9780864913326 |
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| Track |
Geographic Information Science and Technology |
Expedition |
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Conference |
9th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
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Approved |
no |
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Serial |
166 |
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