2016/05/28 by Adrian Shatte, Shatte, Adrian, Jason Holdsworth +3
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Computers and Society (cs.CY) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Mobile and Web Applications #Multimedia Communication and Technology #Usability and User Interface Design #cs.CY
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1606.00750
ISBN# 978-0-646-95337-3 Presented at the Australasian Conference on Information Systems 2015 (arXiv:1605.01032)
arxiv created 2016/05/28 · openalex publication_date 2016/05/28 · arxiv updated 2016/06/03 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The development of multi-synchronous decision support systems to facilitate collaboration between diverse users is an emerging field in emergency management. Traditionally, information management for emergency response has been a centralised effort. However, modern devices such as smartphones provide new methods for gaining real-time information about a disaster from users in the field. In this paper, we present a framework for multi-synchronous collaborative report writing in the scope of emergency management. This framework supports desktop-based users as information providers and consumers, alongside mobile users as information providers to facilitate multi-synchronous collaboration. We consider the benefits of our framework for writing collaborative Situation Reports and discuss future directions for research.