A networking solution for disaster management to address liaison failures in emergency response

WIT Transactions on Information and Communication Technologies

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 401-413

  Singhal, A V ^a   Jha, A ^a   Gairola, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Automated disaster response; Confirmation net; e ICS; Incident command system; Multi organizational coordination; Open source

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; OPEN SYSTEMS; RISK ANALYSIS;

CONFIRMATION NET; DISASTER RESPONSE; E-ICS; INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEMS; MULTI-ORGANIZATIONAL COORDINATION; OPEN SOURCES;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

EID: 84903138295     PISSN: 17433517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/RISK140341     Document Type: Conference Paper

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