Milliken Jonny, Linton David
EPSRC Post-Doctoral Researcher, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom.
Reader, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom.
Disasters. 2016 Jul;40(3):476-93. doi: 10.1111/disa.12168. Epub 2015 Oct 4.
In the aftermath of a disaster event, and in the absence of trained professionals, many responsibilities are assumed by uninjured citizens who are willing and able to help, such as care of the injured or search and rescue. These citizens are constrained by communications and logistics problems but are less equipped to deal with them as most often they are cut off from any coordinated assistance. The method proposed in this study would increase the survivability of those injured or trapped by a disaster event by providing a facility to allow citizens to coordinate and share information among themselves. This is facilitated by the proposed deployment and the autonomous management of an ad hoc infrastructure that liaises directly with survivors without central control. Furthermore, as energy concerns present critical constraints to these networks, this research proposes a system of categorising information elements within the network to ensure efficient information exchange.
在灾难事件发生后，由于缺乏训练有素的专业人员，许多愿意且有能力提供帮助的未受伤公民承担了诸多责任，比如照顾伤者或进行搜索救援。这些公民受到通信和后勤问题的限制，而且由于他们大多与任何协调援助脱节，所以应对这些问题的能力较弱。本研究提出的方法将通过提供一种设施，让公民能够相互协调和共享信息，从而提高灾难事件中受伤或被困人员的生存几率。这通过提议部署和自主管理一个无需中央控制即可直接与幸存者联络的临时基础设施得以实现。此外，由于能源问题对这些网络构成了关键限制，本研究提出了一种对网络内信息元素进行分类的系统，以确保高效的信息交换。
