Context-aware multiparty coordination system for emergency response

情境感知的应急响应多方协调系统

• 批准号: 4108-2013
• 负责人: Yuan, Yufei
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: McMaster University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=634710
• 关键词: Context; aware; multiparty; coordination; system

Large scale disasters such as earthquakes and terrorist attacks often happen suddenly and have significant impact on our society. As evident in past disasters, we are not well prepared to deal with possible disasters and the emergency responses are often poorly organized. It is critical to make quick and effective emergency response in order to save lives and reduce damages. Emergency response often involves multiple parties from different professions, authorities, and regions which requires a great effort to communicate and coordinate with each other in order to dynamically respond to rapidly evolving situations. There are growing research interests in emergency response management with the objective of supporting emergency response operations across organizational, jurisdictional, and geographical boundaries. However, due to the great complexity, high uncertainty, and severe consequence of emergency situations, we still lack deep understanding on how to develop an effective emergency response system. The objective of this research is to develop a comprehensive theoretical framework to study the functional requirements and the factors that affect the effectiveness of emergency response coordination at the level of the emergency responder and more specifically, the effectiveness of context-aware multi-party emergency response coordination technology. A grounded theory approach is used for theory development that is grounded in data systematically gathered and analyzed.This study will provide a better understanding of the coordination tasks and tools employed by emergency responders, enhance coordination and context-aware theories for emergency response, offer useful tools for modeling and evaluating context-aware emergency response technologies, and provide guidelines for emergency response technology design and implementation. The project will involve graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to do model building, data collection and analysis, with opportunities of receiving high-level research training and education.

地震、恐怖袭击等大规模灾害往往发生突然，对社会产生重大影响。过去的灾害表明，我们没有做好应对可能发生的灾害的充分准备，应急反应往往组织不力。为了挽救生命和减少损失，必须作出快速有效的应急反应。应急响应通常涉及来自不同专业、当局和地区的多方，这需要付出巨大努力来相互沟通和协调，以便动态地应对快速变化的情况。有越来越多的研究兴趣，在应急响应管理与支持跨组织，管辖和地理边界的应急响应操作的目标。然而，由于突发事件的复杂性、不确定性和严重后果，我们对如何建立有效的应急响应系统还缺乏深入的认识。本研究的目的是发展一个全面的理论框架，研究的功能需求和影响因素的应急响应协调的有效性，在应急响应者的水平，更具体地说，上下文感知的多方应急响应协调技术的有效性。本研究采用扎根理论的方法，以系统收集和分析的数据为基础，对应急响应者的协调任务和工具进行了深入的理解，增强了应急响应的协调和情境感知理论，为情境感知应急响应技术的建模和评估提供了有用的工具，并为应急响应技术的设计和实施提供指导。该项目将涉及研究生和博士后研究员进行模型构建，数据收集和分析，并有机会接受高水平的研究培训和教育。