—This paper presents a distributed algorithm to direct evacuees to exits through arbitrarily complex building layouts in emergency situations. The algorithm finds the safest pat...
Hurricanes have caused extensive economic losses and social disruption in the past two decades in the United States. A key component for improving building and infrastructure prac...
Being able to realistically simulate humans in emergency response activities is a key challenge for advancing the field of information technology for emergency response. Building ...
Daniel Massaguer, Vidhya Balasubramanian, Sharad M...
During emergency response events, situational awareness is critical in effectively managing and safe-guarding civilians and in-field personnel. To better support both command cent...
SungYe Kim, Ross Maciejewski, Karl Ostmo, Edward J...