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Study in the field of information technology
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About this book
As in disasters the availability of information and communication technology services can be severely disrupted, the author explores challenges and opportunities to work around such disruptions. He therefore empirically analyzes how people in disasters use remnants of technology to still communicate their needs. Based on this, he suggests quality attributes whose implementation can support the resilience in technology. To exemplify this he develops iteratively two mobile ad-hoc systems and explores their feasibility and implications for emergency response under close-to-real conditions. Compared to the state of the art both systems are independent from preexisting network infrastructure and run on off-the-shelf smartphones.
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About the author
Dr. Amro Al-Akkad works at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology. His research deals with the human-centered design and evaluation of ubiquitous systems.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Working Around Disruptions of Network Infrastructures
Book Subtitle: Mobile Ad-Hoc Systems for Resilient Communication in Disasters
Authors: Amro Al-Akkad
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-12616-2
Publisher: Springer Vieweg Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-12615-5Published: 02 March 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-12616-2Published: 22 February 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 188
Number of Illustrations: 67 b/w illustrations
Topics: Information Systems and Communication Service, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems, Building Types and Functions