Title :
Guest Editors´ Introduction: Cloud-Based Smart Evacuation Systems for Emergency Management
Author :
Ranjan, Rajiv ; Khan, Samee ; Kolodziej, Joanna ; Zomaya, Albert
Author_Institution :
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
Abstract :
Smart evacuation systems must extract meaningful information from multiple sources in real time, while avoiding unnecessary data transmission or storage. Cloud computing is a natural fit for deploying such systems; however, transformational techniques for managing the resulting big data are still needed.
Keywords :
Cloud computing; Emergency services; Smart phones; Special issues and sections; Cloud; big data; emergency management; sensor networks; smart evacuation systems;
Journal_Title :
Cloud Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCC.2014.75
