Fusing non-authoritative data to improve situational awareness in emergencies

ISCRAM 2014 Conference Proceedings - 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 762-766

  Oxendine, Christopher E ^a   Schnebele, Emily ^b   Cervone, Guido ^c   Waters, Nigel ^b  

^a and strategy program   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage assessment; Emergency; Evacuation; Non authoritative data

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; EARTH (PLANET);

DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY EVACUATION; EMERGENCY OPERATIONS; EVACUATION; NON-AUTHORITATIVE DATA; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DATA;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84905844129     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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