[AISWorld] ToC and cfp Vol 3 Issue 3 IJISCRAM

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The  contents of the latest issue of: 
International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and  
Management (IJISCRAM) 
Official  Publication of the Information Resources Management  Association 
Volume 3,  Issue 3, July-September 2011 
Published: Quarterly in Print and  Electronically 
ISSN: 1937-9390 EISSN: 1937-9420 
Published by  IGI Publishing,  Hershey-New York,  USA 
_www.igi-global.com/ijiscram_ (http://www.igi-global.com/ijiscram)  
Editors-in-Chief: Murray E. Jennex,  San Diego State University, USA; and 
Bartel Van de Walle, Tilburg University, The  Netherland 
PAPER  ONE 
RimSim Response Hospital Evacuation: Improving Situation Awareness  and 
Insight through Serious Games Play and  Analysis 
Bruce  Campbell, Rhode Island School of Design, USA 
Chris  Weaver, University of  Oklahoma, USA 
To aid  emergency response teams in training and planning for potential 
community-wide  emergency crises, two coordinated research teams centered in 
King County,  Washington have developed software-based tools to provide 
cognitive aids for  improved planning and training for emergency response 
scenarios. After reporting  the results previously of using the tools in pilot 
studies of increasing  complexity, the implementation teams have been searching 
out community-wide  emergency response teams working on emergency response 
plans that might benefit  from use of the tools. In this paper, the authors 
describe the tools, the  application of them to a countywide hospital 
evacuation scenario, and the  evaluation of their value to emergency responders for 
improving situation  awareness and insight generation. 
To obtain  a copy of the entire article, click on the link  below. 
_http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/article.aspx?titleid=58348_ 
(http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/article.aspx?titleid=58348)  
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PAPER  TWO 
Knowledge-Based Issues for Aid Agencies in Crisis Scenarios: Evolving  from 
Impediments to Trust 
Rajeev K.  Bali, Coventry University,  UK 
Russell  Mann, Coventry University,  UK 
Vikram  Baskaran, Ryerson  University, Canada 
Aapo  Immonen, Coventry University, UK, and Emergency Services College, 
Finland 
Raouf N.  G. Naguib, Coventry  University, UK 
Alan C.  Richards, Coventry  University, UK 
John  Puentes, Télécom Bretagne - Campus de Brest,  France 
Brian  Lehaney, University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE 
Ian M.  Marshall, Coventry  University, UK 
Nilmini  Wickramasinghe, RMIT  University, Australia 
As part of  its expanding role, particularly as an agent of peace building, 
the United  Nations (UN) actively participates in the implementation of 
measures to prevent  and manage crisis/disaster situations. The purpose of such 
an approach is to  empower the victims, protect the environment, rebuild 
communities, and create  employment. However, real world crisis management 
situations are complex given  the multiple interrelated interests, actors, 
relations, and objectives. Recent  studies in healthcare contexts, which also 
have dynamic and complex operations,  have shown the merit and benefits of 
employing various tools and techniques from  the domain of knowledge management 
(KM). Hence, this paper investigates three  distinct natural crisis 
situations (the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, the 2004 Boxing  Day Asian Tsunami, and the 
2001 Gujarat Earthquake) with which the United  Nations and international 
aid agencies have been and are currently involved, to  identify recurring 
issues which continue to provide knowledge-based impediments.  Major findings 
from each case study are analyzed according to the estimated  impact of 
identified impediments. The severity of the enumerated knowledge-based  issues is 
quantified and compared by means of an assigned qualitative to  identify the 
most significant attribute. 
To obtain  a copy of the entire article, click on the link  below. 
_http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/article.aspx?titleid=58349_ 
(http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/article.aspx?titleid=58349)  
To read a  PDF sample of this article, click on the link  below. 
_http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=58349_ 
(http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=58349)  
PAPER  THREE 
Supporting  the Allocation of Traumatized Patients with a Decision Support  
System 
Tim A.  Majchrzak, University of  Münster, Germany 
Oliver  Noack, University of  Münster, Germany 
Philipp  Neuhaus, University Hospital Münster, Germany 
Frank  Ückert, University Hospital Münster, Germany 
In this  paper, the authors present a business rules-based decision support 
system for  the allocation of traumatized patients. The assignment of 
patients to vehicles  and hospitals is a task that requires detailed up-to-date 
information. At the  same time, it has to be carried out quickly. The authors 
propose supporting  medical staff with an IT system. The proposed system 
could be used in cases of  mass incidents, as it is problematic, but 
essential, to provide all injured with  adequate healthcare as fast as possible. The 
contribution is a system based on  business rules, which is a novel approach 
in this context. Its feasibility is  proven by prototypic implementation. 
In this paper, the authors describe the  development project’s background as 
well as the system’s requirements and  implementation details. The authors 
present an exemplary scenario to show the  strengths of the proposed 
approach. 
To obtain  a copy of the entire article, click on the link  below. 
_http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/article.aspx?titleid=58350_ 
(http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/article.aspx?titleid=58350)  
To read a  PDF sample of this article, click on the link  below. 
_http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=58350_ 
(http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=58350)  
PAPER  FOUR 
Visualizing Composite Knowledge in Emergency Responses using Spatial  
Hypertext 
José H. Canós, Universitat Politècnica de València,  Spain 
M. Carmen Penadés, Universitat Politècnica de  València, Spain 
Carlos  Solís, University of  Limerick, Ireland 
Marcos R.  S. Borges, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro,  Brazil 
Adriana S.  Vivacqua, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro,  Brazil 
Manuel Llavador, Universitat Politècnica de València,  Spain 
Having the  right information at the right time is crucial to make 
decisions during  emergency response. To fulfill this requirement, emergency 
management systems  must provide emergency managers with knowledge management and 
visualization  tools. The goal is twofold: on one hand, to organize knowledge 
coming from  different sources, mainly the emergency response plans (the 
formal knowledge)  and the information extracted from the emergency 
development (the contextual  knowledge), and on the other hand, to enable effective 
access to information.  Formal and contextual knowledge sets are mostly 
disjoint; however, there are  cases in which a formal knowledge piece may be 
updated with some contextual  information, constituting composite knowledge. In 
this paper, the authors extend  a knowledge framework with the notion of 
composite knowledge, and use spatial  hypertext to visualize this type of 
knowledge. The authors illustrate the  proposal with a case study on accessing to 
information during an emergency  response in an underground transportation  
system. 
To obtain  a copy of the entire article, click on the link  below. 
_http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/article.aspx?titleid=58351_ 
(http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/article.aspx?titleid=58351)  
To read a  PDF sample of this article, click on the link  below. 
_http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=58351_ 
(http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=58351)  
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International Journal of Information  Systems for Crisis Response and Management 
(IJISCRAM) in your institution's  library. This journal is also included in 
the IGI Global aggregated "InfoSci-Journals" database: 
_http://www.igi-global.com/EResources/InfoSciJournals.aspx_ 
(http://www.igi-global.com/EResources/InfoSciJournals.aspx) .  
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CALL FOR  PAPERS 
Mission of  IJISCRAM: 
The mission of the International Journal of  Information Systems for Crisis 
Response and Management (IJISCRAM) is to  provide an outlet for innovative 
research in the area of information systems for  crisis response and 
management. Research is expected to be rigorous but can  utilize any accepted 
methodology and may be qualitative or quantitative in  nature. The journal will 
provide a comprehensive cross disciplinary forum for  advancing the 
understanding of the organizational, technical, human, and  cognitive issues 
associated with the use of information systems in responding  and managing crises of 
all kinds. 
Coverage  of IJISCRAM: 
This  journal covers all aspects of the crisis management information 
systems  discipline, from organizational issues to technology support to decision 
support  and knowledge representation. High quality submissions are 
encouraged using any  qualitative or quantitative research methodology, focusing on 
the design,  development, implementation, use, and evaluation of such 
systems. Submissions  are especially encouraged covering the following topics in 
this  discipline: 
·         Case studies, research methods, and modeling  approaches 
·         Collaborative and intelligent  systems 
·         Command and  control 
·         Communication  technologies 
·         Crisis planning, training, exercising, and  gaming 
·         Data fusion, representation, and  visualization 
·         Decision making and  judgment 
·         Disaster risk reduction, risk management, ad-hoc, and  sensor 
networks 
·         Early warning  systems 
·         Emergency response  systems 
·         Geographical information  systems 
·         Globalization and development  issues 
·         Healthcare and health information  systems 
·         Human-computer  interaction 
·         Humanitarian  operations 
·         Information systems  strategy 
·         Knowledge management and  systems 
·         Systems interoperability information systems  infrastructures 
·         Virtual teams and organizations   
Interested  authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission 
guidelines _www.igi-global.com/ijiscram_ (http://www.igi-global.com/ijiscram) . 
All  inquiries and submissions should be sent  to:Editors-in-Chief:  Murray 
E. Jennex  and Bartel A. Van de Walle at _journaleditors at iscram.org_ 
(mailto:journaleditors at iscram.org)  or _ijiscram at iscram.org_ 
(mailto:ijiscram at iscram.org)
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