Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 2006. WETICE '06. 15th IEEE International Workshops on
Conference_Location :
Manchester
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2623-3
DOI :
10.1109/WETICE.2006.48
