Open Knowledge at work: Exploring centralized and decentralized information gathering in emergency contexts

ISCRAM 2009 - 6th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Boundary Spanning Initiatives and New Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Trecarichi, Gaia ^a   Rizzi, Veronica ^a   Vaccari, Lorenzino ^a   Marchese, Maurizio ^a   Besana, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based emergencies simulation; Centralized and P2P knowledge sharing; Crisis management; Interaction modeling; P2P networks; Process coordination

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

AGENT BASED; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; INTERACTION MODEL; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; P2P NETWORK; PROCESS COORDINATION;

ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84905572196     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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