Finding family and friends in the aftermath of a disaster using federated queries on social networks and websites

Proceedings - 13th IEEE International Symposium on Web Systems Evolution, WSE 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 21-26

  Stiegler, Rene ^a   Tilley, Scott ^a   Parveen, Tauhida ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

access for all; disaster; federated query; search; social network; website

Indexed keywords

ACCESS FOR ALL; DATA SOURCE; FEDERATED QUERIES; GOVERNMENT WEBSITES; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; NOVICE USER; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; SEARCH; SEARCH MECHANISM; SEARCH SYSTEM; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; SOCIAL NETWORKS; STRUCTURED DATA; TROPICAL CYCLONE; UNSTRUCTURED DATA;

DISASTERS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); STORMS; SYSTEM THEORY; WEBSITES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 83455225774     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSE.2011.6081815     Document Type: Conference Paper

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