• DocumentCode
    743748
  • 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
  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2014
  • Firstpage
    26
  • Lastpage
    29
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Cloud Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    2325-6095
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCC.2014.75
  • Filename
    7057562