TY - GEN
T1 - Modeling Wireless Sensor Networks based Context-Aware Emergency Coordination Systems
AU - Kurschl, Werner
AU - Mitsch, Stefan
AU - Schönböck, Johannes
AU - Beer, Wolfgang
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Current research on context information focuses on the use of new kinds of sensors and on the aggregation and interpretation of sensor data. Having a closer look at applications supporting emergency scenarios with context information several problems arise. Emergency activities are complex coordination tasks which involve a multitude of different roles and resources. The definition of emergency scenarios and the mapping of relevant context information is a time-consuming and error-prone task. This work discusses how a model-based approach can support the definition of emergency scenarios at an abstract level. The abstract representation (PIM, Platform Independent Model) of an activity is then transformed into a platform-specific model (PSM), which includes a collection of context sensors. We show that the use of a model-based approach simplifies the definition of complex context-sensitive applications, and how this increases the flexibility to use different sensor platforms in different emergency scenarios.
AB - Current research on context information focuses on the use of new kinds of sensors and on the aggregation and interpretation of sensor data. Having a closer look at applications supporting emergency scenarios with context information several problems arise. Emergency activities are complex coordination tasks which involve a multitude of different roles and resources. The definition of emergency scenarios and the mapping of relevant context information is a time-consuming and error-prone task. This work discusses how a model-based approach can support the definition of emergency scenarios at an abstract level. The abstract representation (PIM, Platform Independent Model) of an activity is then transformed into a platform-specific model (PSM), which includes a collection of context sensors. We show that the use of a model-based approach simplifies the definition of complex context-sensitive applications, and how this increases the flexibility to use different sensor platforms in different emergency scenarios.
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U2 - 10.1145/1497308.1497334
DO - 10.1145/1497308.1497334
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 978-1-60558-349-5
T3 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications and Services, iiWAS 2008
SP - 117
EP - 122
BT - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications and Services, iiWAS 2008
PB - ACM Press
T2 - 10th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services (iiWAS2008)
Y2 - 24 November 2008 through 26 November 2008
ER -