Mobile ad hoc network-enabled collaboration framework supporting civil engineering emergency response operations

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 302-312

  Pea Mora, Feniosky ^a   Chen, Albert Y ^b   Aziz, Zeeshan ^c   Soibelman, Lucio ^d   Liu, Liang Y ^b   El Rayes, Khaled ^b   Arboleda, Carlos A ^b   Lantz, Timothy S ^b   Plans, Albert P ^e   Lakhera, Sanyogita ^f   Mathur, Shobhit ^b  

^a Columbia Univ ^*  (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f Citi Financial   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad hoc networks; Assessment; Computer networks; Damage; Damage assessment; Disasters; Emergency services; Geographic information systems; Information management; Information systems

Indexed keywords

BLACK BOX SYSTEM; BUILDING ASSESSMENT; BUILDING INTEGRITY; CIVIL ENGINEERS; COLLABORATION FRAMEWORK; CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS; CRITICAL RESOURCES; DAMAGE ASSESSMENT; DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS; DECISION MAKERS; DIGITAL MAP; DISASTER RESPONSE; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; EMERGENCY SERVICE; EMERGENCY SERVICES; FIRST RESPONDERS; GEODATABASE; ILLINOIS FIRE SERVICE INSTITUTES; INTEGRATED DECISION; ON-SITE ASSESSMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAGS; RF-ID TAGS; TECHNOLOGY-BASED; WEB COLLABORATION;

BULLETIN BOARDS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; DAMAGE DETECTION; DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL DEVICES; DISASTERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO NAVIGATION;

AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 77951233509     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000033     Document Type: Article

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