A joint network for disaster recovery and search and rescue operations

Computer Networks

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3347-3373

  Lakshmi Narayanan, Ram G ^a   Ibe, Oliver C ^b  

^a NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS   (Finland)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster recovery networks; Reward based random walks; Search and rescue networks; Two dimensional random walk

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE; CREWMEMBERS; DISASTER AREAS; DISASTER RECOVERY; DISASTER RECOVERY NETWORKS; DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS; EMERGENCY SITUATION; EXCEPTIONAL EVENTS; FIRST RESPONDERS; JOINT NETWORK; RANDOM WALK; RANDOM WALK MODELS; RELIABLE COMMUNICATION; SEARCH AND RESCUE; SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS; SOCIAL DISORDERS; TERRORIST ATTACKS;

DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 84865754570     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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