A Context aware emergency management system using mobile computing

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Ceran, Onur

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In this thesis, an emergency management system taking advantage of mobile computing and its awareness on context is provided. The framework primarily aims to create an infrastructure for acquiring implicit and explicit data about an emergency situation by using capabilities of smart mobile devices and converting them into value-added information to be used in phases of emergency management. In addition to conceptual description of the framework, a real prototype implementation is developed and successful application of the framework is demonstrated. Sample cases are analyzed in conjunction with the prototype and an experiment for reporting an emergency situation is carried out by a group of participants in order to demonstrate the applicability and feasibility of the framework. Data collected during the experiment are examined in order to determine the advantages of the proposed system in comparison with traditional emergency reporting efforts.

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Smartphones., Cell phones., Mobile computing., Context-aware computing., Emergency management.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615606/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/22447

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Graduate School of Informatics, Thesis

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O. Ceran, “A Context aware emergency management system using mobile computing,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2013.