MOBIDIS: A Pervasive Architecture for Emergency Management

Author

De Leoni, Massimiliano ; De Rosa, Fabio ; Mecella, Massimo

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Informatica e Sistemistica, Univ. di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome

fYear

2006

fDate

38869

Firstpage

107

Lastpage

112

Abstract

Current mobile and pervasive technologies (e.g., PDAs, GPRS/UMTS and WiFI connections, etc.) enable the development of adaptive peer-to-peer software infrastructures for supporting collaborative work of human operators in emergency/disaster scenarios. In this paper, we present a novel architecture, named MOBIDIS (Mobile @ DIS), currently under development in the context of an 1ST research project, in which operators, equipped with hand-held devices, are coordinated by a workflow management system able to adaptively change the process schema in order to cope with anomalies. Some preliminary experimental results are also presented

Keywords

ad hoc networks; disasters; emergency services; groupware; mobile computing; peer-to-peer computing; ubiquitous computing; workflow management software; MOBIDIS; adaptive peer-to-peer software infrastructure; collaborative work; disaster scenarios; emergency management; hand-held devices; human operators; mobile technology; pervasive architecture; pervasive technology; process schema; workflow management system; 3G mobile communication; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Computer architecture; Disaster management; Ground penetrating radar; Humans; Peer to peer computing; Personal digital assistants; Workflow management software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 2006. WETICE '06. 15th IEEE International Workshops on

Conference_Location

Manchester

ISSN

1524-4547

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2623-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WETICE.2006.48

Filename

4092191