%0 Journal Article
%T A service-oriented middleware for integrated management of crowdsourced and sensor data streams in disaster management
%J Sensors (Basel)
%D 2018
%A de Assis, Luiz Fernando F. G.
%A Horita, Flávio E. A.
%A de Freitas, Edison P.
%A Ueyama, Jó
%A de Albuquerque, João Porto
%V 18
%N 6
%P s18061689-s18061689
%X The increasing number of sensors used in diverse applications has provided a massive number of continuous, unbounded, rapid data and requires the management of distinct protocols, interfaces and intermittent connections. As traditional sensor networks are error-prone and difficult to maintain, the study highlights the emerging role of "citizens as sensors" as a complementary data source to increase public awareness. To this end, an interoperable, reusable middleware for managing spatial, temporal, and thematic data using Sensor Web Enablement initiative services and a processing engine was designed, implemented, and deployed. The study found that its approach provided effective sensor data-stream access, publication, and filtering in dynamic scenarios such as disaster management, as well as it enables batch and stream management integration. Also, an interoperability analytics testing of a flood citizen observatory highlighted even variable data such as those provided by the crowd can be integrated with sensor data stream. Our approach, thus, offers a mean to improve near-real-time applications.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
%@ 1424-8220
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18061689