Enabling Cloud Computing in Emergency Management Systems

IEEE Cloud Computing

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 60-67

  Qiu, Meikang ^a   Ming, Zhong ^b   Wang, Jihe ^c   Yang, Laurence T ^a   Xiang, Yang ^d  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D evacuation; cloud computing; data analytics; emergency management; sensor array; smartphones.

Indexed keywords

CIVIL DEFENSE; CLOUD COMPUTING; DATA ANALYTICS; DIGITAL STORAGE; DISASTERS; HEALTH RISKS; HURRICANES; MHEALTH; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSOR ARRAYS; SMARTPHONES; STORMS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

3D EVACUATION; ATLANTIC HURRICANE; CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTERS; STRUCTURAL MONITORING; WIRELESS INTELLIGENT SENSORS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84925086178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23256095     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCC.2014.71     Document Type: Article

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