On combining the Internet of Things with crowdsourcing in managing emergency situations

IEEE International Conference on Communications

Volumn 2015-September, Issue , 2015, Pages 598-603

  Lambrinos, Lambros ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

crowdsourcing; emergency situation; Internet of Things; mobile application; sensor networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953728704     PISSN: 15503607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2015.7248387     Document Type: Conference Paper

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