2016/10/10 by Ziyuan Wang, Wang, Ziyuan, Jianbin Tang +7
Computer Science · Engineering · #Computers and Society (cs.CY) #Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Mobile Ad Hoc Networks #Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks #Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1610.02869
openalex publication_date 2016/10/10 · openalex created_date 2016/10/21 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The importance of timely response to natural disasters and evacuating affected people to safe areas is paramount to save lives. Emergency services are often handicapped by the amount of rescue resources at their disposal. We present a system that leverages the power of a social network forming new connections among people based on real-time location and expands the rescue resources pool by adding private sector cars. We also introduce a car-sharing algorithm to identify safe routes in an emergency with the aim of minimizing evacuation time, maximizing pick-up of people without cars, and avoiding traffic congestion.