Title :
People Locator: A System for Family Reunification
Author :
Thoma, George ; Antani, Sameer ; Gill, Michael ; Pearson, Glenn ; Neve, Leif
Abstract :
After a large-scale disaster, many people go missing. Survivors often turn up in refugee camps or hospitals, where information is gathered and stored in a database. The People Locator technology processes this information for family reunification.
Keywords :
database management systems; disasters; emergency services; family reunification system; hospitals; information gathering; information storage; large-scale disaster; people locator; people locator technology process; refugee camps; Database systems; Disasters; Information services; Social factors; Web-based system; disaster technologies; family reunification; missing person search; mobile app;
Journal_Title :
IT Professional
DOI :
10.1109/MITP.2012.25
