Robust mobile ad hoc space for collaboration to support disaster relief efforts involving critical physical infrastructure

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-27

  Aldunate, Roberto ^a,b,c   Ochoa, Sergio F ^d   Peña Mora, Feniosky ^a   Nussbaum, Miguel ^e  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c Construction Management Information Technology Group ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Disaster relief; Emergency services; Information systems; Mobility; Redundancy; Simulation; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

DISASTER RELIEF; EMERGENCY SERVICES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MOBILITY; TERRORISM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; REDUNDANCY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DISASTER PREVENTION;

EID: 33645501425     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(2006)20:1(13)     Document Type: Article

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