Human-centric wireless sensor networks to improve information availability during urban search and rescue activities

Information Fusion

Volumn 22, Issue , 2015, Pages 71-84

  Ochoa, Sergio F ^a   Santos, Rodrigo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Human based sensors; Human centric wireless sensor networks; Information availability; Information fusion; Opportunistic networks

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; INFORMATION FUSION; WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKS;

EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCIES; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; HUMAN-CENTRIC; INFORMATION AVAILABILITY; INFORMATION SUPPORT; OPPORTUNISTIC NETWORKS; SHARED INFORMATION; URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84907599189     PISSN: 15662535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inffus.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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