Providing early resource allocation during emergencies: The mobile triage tag

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1167-1182

  Marti R ^a   Robles, S ^a   Martin Campillo A ^a   Cucurull, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emergency system; Mobile agents; Triage tag

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY SITUATION; EMERGENCY SYSTEM; HAND HELD DEVICE; MESH NETWORK; MOBILE AGENT TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE ELECTRONICS; NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE; QUICK RESPONSE; SYSTEM-BASED; TRIAGE TAG; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

MOBILE AGENTS;

EID: 68949177121     PISSN: 10848045     EISSN: 10958592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnca.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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