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Alert based disaster notification and resource allocation

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  • Dickson K. W. Chiu

    (Dickson Computer Systems
    Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

  • Drake T. T. Lin

    (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

  • Eleanna Kafeza

    (Athens University of Economics and Business)

  • Minhong Wang

    (The University of Hong Kong)

  • Haiyang Hu

    (Zhejiang Gongshang University
    State Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, Nanjing University)

  • Hua Hu

    (Zhejiang Gongshang University
    Hangzhou Dianzi University)

  • Yi Zhuang

    (Zhejiang Gongshang University
    Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Information Network Technology)

Abstract

When a disaster occurs, timely actions in response to urgent requests conveyed by critical messages (known as alerts) constitute a vital key to effectiveness. These actions include notifying potentially affected parties so that they can take precautionary measures, gathering additional information, and requesting remedial actions and resource allocation. However, there are different types of disasters such as epidemic outbreaks, natural disasters, major accidents, and terrorist attacks. At the same time, there are also many different parties involved such as governments, healthcare institutions, businesses, and individuals. To address these problems, we introduce a Disaster Notification and Resource Allocation System (DNRAS) based on an Alert Management System (AMS) implemented through Web services. This unified platform supports timely interactions among various parties, focusing on notification and monitoring, resource enquiry and allocation, as well as the mobility of information. We detail the mechanisms of these functions in our system, illustrating the Web services interface parameters for communications and interoperability. We illustrate the applicability of our approach with an example of an epidemic outbreak and discuss the advantage of our approach with respect to various stakeholders of our system.

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  • Dickson K. W. Chiu & Drake T. T. Lin & Eleanna Kafeza & Minhong Wang & Haiyang Hu & Hua Hu & Yi Zhuang, 2010. "Alert based disaster notification and resource allocation," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 12(1), pages 29-47, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:infosf:v:12:y:2010:i:1:d:10.1007_s10796-009-9165-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s10796-009-9165-0
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