Title :
Analyzing Response Feasibility for Bioemergencies
Author :
Schneider, Tamara ; Mikler, Armin R. ; O´Neill, Maire
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
Abstract :
Public health officials have a mandate to protect and treat the public in the case of biological emergencies imposing the need to form mitigation plans in the case of such contingencies. These plans necessitate the analysis of available spacial and demographic data in order to evaluate the feasibility of the emergency procedure. Points of dispersion are selected, which define catchment areas. Methodology has been developed to overcome the challenges posed by analyzing response plans based on confidential data and incomplete traffic data.
Keywords :
demography; emergency services; health care; medical computing; planning; bioemergencies; biological emergency; demographic data; mitigation plan; public health; response feasibility; traffic data; Bioinformatics; Biology computing; Demography; Intelligent systems; Process planning; Public healthcare; Roads; Systems biology; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Bioemergency; Disaster Response; Public Health;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics, Systems Biology and Intelligent Computing, 2009. IJCBS '09. International Joint Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3739-9
DOI :
10.1109/IJCBS.2009.85
