TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Decision support system for resource allocation in disaster management
JO  - Conference proceedings - IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society
A1  - Kondaveti, Russell
A1  - Ganz, Aura
SP  - 3425
EP  - 3428
VL  - 1
IS  - 
N2  - Natural and man-made disasters, such as earthquakes, floods, plane crashes, high-rise building collapses, major nuclear facility malfunctions, pose an ever-present challenge to public emergency services. Disasters may result in a large volume of responders arriving on-scene to provide assistance to victims. Coordination of responding resources is a major problem in disasters. In this paper we introduce a decision support framework built on rapid information collection and resource tracking functionalities. Based on this information collected from emergency response service agencies, operation research techniques are used to find an optimal solution for resource deployment and dispatching.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1557-170X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5332498
ID  - ref1
ER  -