Comparing cell broadcast and text messaging for citizens warning

Proceedings of ISCRAM 2006 - 3rd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 147-153

  Sillem, Simone ^a   Wiersma, J W F ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell broadcast; Citizens warning; Siren; SMS; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MESSAGE PASSING; MOBILE PHONES; SIGNALING; SIRENS;

CITIZENS WARNING; DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE TECHNOLOGY; PILOT STUDIES; SMS; TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; TEXT-BASED FEATURES; TEXT-BASED MESSAGES;

TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84905483873     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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