A GIS approach to equipment allocation for structural stabilization and civilian rescue

ISCRAM 2010 - 7th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: Defining Crisis Management 3.0, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chen, Albert Y ^a   Peña Mora, Feniosky ^b   Mehta, Saumil J ^a   Foltz, Stuart ^c   Plans, Albert P ^d   Brauer, Brian R ^e   Nacheman, Scott ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c US Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^e Illinois Fire Service Institute   (United States)

^f Thornton Tomasetti ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Geographic information systems (GIS); Radio Frequency Identification (RFID); Urban search and rescue (US R)

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EQUIPMENT ALLOCATION; ILLINOIS FIRE SERVICE INSTITUTES; RESOURCE REPOSITORIES; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; STRUCTURAL CONDITION; STRUCTURAL STABILIZATION; URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE; URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

EID: 84905644228     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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