Locating Emergency Responders using Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks

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dc.contributor.authorBenkhelifa, Imane
dc.contributor.authorMoussaoui, Samira
dc.contributor.authorNouali-Taboudjemat, Nadia
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-09T13:18:22Z
dc.date.available2013-06-09T13:18:22Z
dc.date.issued2013-05
dc.description.abstractEmergency response in disaster management using wireless sensor networks has recently become an interest of many researchers in the world. This interest comes from the growing number of disasters and crisis (natural or man-made) affecting millions of lives and the easy-use of new and cheap technologies. This paper details another application of WSN in the post disaster scenario and comes up with an algorithm for localization of sensors attached to mobile responders (firefighters, policemen, first aid agents, emergency nurses, etc) while assisted by a mobile vehicle (fire truck, police car, or aerial vehicle like helicopters) called mobile anchor, sent to supervise the rescue operation. This solution is very efficient and rapidly deployable since no pre-installed infrastructure is needed. Also, there is no need to equip each sensor with a GPS receiver which is very costly and may increase the sensor volume. The proposed technique is based on the prediction of the rescuers velocities and directions considering previous position estimations. The evaluation of our solution shows that our technique takes benefit from prediction in a more effective manner than previous solutions. The simulation results show that our algorithm outperforms conventional Monte Carlo localization schemes by decreasing estimation errors with more than 50%.fr_FR
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-923704-80-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://dl.cerist.dz/handle/CERIST/173
dc.publisherISCRAMfr_FR
dc.relation.ispartofthe 10th Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM)
dc.relation.ispartofseriesthe 10th Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM);
dc.relation.placeBaden-Baden, Germanyfr_FR
dc.rights.holderISCRAMfr_FR
dc.structureRéseaux de Capteurs et Applicationsfr_FR
dc.subjectEmergency Responsefr_FR
dc.subjectDisaster Managementfr_FR
dc.subjectLocalizationfr_FR
dc.subjectMobilityfr_FR
dc.subjectPredictionfr_FR
dc.subjectSpeedfr_FR
dc.subjectDirectionfr_FR
dc.subjectMobile Anchorfr_FR
dc.subjectMobile Wireless Sensor Networksfr_FR
dc.titleLocating Emergency Responders using Mobile Wireless Sensor Networksfr_FR
dc.typeConference paper
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