Title :
Distributed networked emergency evacuation and rescue
Author :
Gelenbe, Erol ; Wu, Fang-Jing
Abstract :
This paper briefly discusses cyper-physical systems that include human beings and vehicles in a built environment such as a building or a city, together with Sensor Networks, Communications and Decision Support Systems, with the purpose of optimising the human outcome in the case of an emergency.
Keywords :
mobile computing; wireless sensor networks; cyber-physical system; decision support system; distributed networked emergency evacuation; distributed networked emergency rescue; sensor network; Emergency services; Hazards; Navigation; Robot sensing systems; Wireless sensor networks; Cyber-physical systems; decision support systems; emergency navigation; wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Communications (ICC), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2052-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1550-3607
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.2012.6364740
