[AISWorld] IJISCRAM 7(1) ToC and CfP
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The contents of the latest issue of:
International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and
Management (IJISCRAM)
Volume 7, Issue 1, January - March 2015
Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically
ISSN: 1937-9390; EISSN: 1937-9420;
Published by IGI Global Publishing, Hershey, USA
_www.igi-global.com/ijiscram_
(http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-information-systems-crisis/1119)
Editor(s)-in-Chief: Murray E. Jennex (San Diego State University, USA) and
Víctor Amadeo Bañuls Silvera (Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain)Note:
There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to the
International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and
Management (IJISCRAM). All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer
review editorial process.
ARTICLE 1
SimEOC: A Distributed Web-Based Virtual Emergency Operations Center
Simulator for Training and Research
Cynthia Nikolai (Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA), Troy Johnson (Miami-Dade County
Office of Emergency Management, Doral, FL, USA), Michael Prietula (Goizueta
Business School, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA), Irma Becerra-Fernandez
(Office of the Provost, St. Thomas University, Miami Gardens, FL, USA),
Gregory Madey (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of
Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA)
Training is an integral part of disaster preparedness. Practice in dealing
with crises improves one's ability to manage emergency situations. As an
emergency escalates, more and more agencies get involved. These agencies
require training to learn how to manage the crisis and to work together across
jurisdictional boundaries. Consequently, training requires participation
from many individuals, consumes a great deal of resources in vendor cost for
support and staff time, and cannot be conducted often. Moreover, in the
current crisis management environment, most training is conducted through
discussion-based tabletop and paper-based scenario performance exercises. In
this paper, the authors describe a socio-technical training simulator and
research tool for upper level emergency managers. This tool is important
because it enables emergency managers to train for crises more efficiently and
effectively in a virtual environment. It also serves as a research tool for
scientists to study emergency management decision-making, infrastructural
design, and organizational learning.
To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
_www.igi-global.com/article/simeoc/142940_
(http://www.igi-global.com/article/simeoc/142940)
To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
_www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=142940_
(http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=142940)
ARTICLE 2
Microblogging during the European Floods 2013: What Twitter May Contribute
in German Emergencies
Christian Reuter (Institute for Information Systems, University of Siegen,
Siegen, Germany), Julian Schröter (Institute for Information Systems,
University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany)
Social media is becoming more and more important in crisis management.
However its analysis by emergency services still bears unaddressed challenges
and the majority of studies focus on the use of social media in the USA. In
this paper German tweets of the European Flood 2013 are therefore captured
and analyzed using descriptive statistics, qualitative data coding, and
computational algorithms. The authors' work illustrates that this event
provided sufficient German traffic and geo-locations as well as enough original
data (not derivative). However, up-to-date Named Entity Recognizer (NER)
with German classifier could not recognize German rivers and highways
satisfactorily. Furthermore the authors' analysis revealed pragmatic (linguistic)
barriers resulting from irony, wordplay, and ambiguity, as well as in
retweet-behavior. To ease the analysis of data they suggest a retweet ratio,
which is illustrated to be higher with important tweets and may help selecting
tweets for mining. The authors argue that existing software has to be
adapted and improved for German language characteristics, also to detect
markedness, seriousness and truth.
To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
_www.igi-global.com/article/microblogging-during-the-european-floods-2013/14
2941_
(http://www.igi-global.com/article/microblogging-during-the-european-floods-2013/142941)
To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
_www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=142941_
(http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=142941)
ARTICLE 3
Keyword Selection Methodology for Identification of Major Events using
Social Networks
Eitan Bahir (Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University
of Haifa, Haifa, Israel), Ammatzia. Peled (Department of Geography and
Environmental Studies, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel)
The understanding of information communicated over social networks enables
quick tracking of real events as they occur. In other cases, where the “
crowd” factor is on high note, it is possible to identify events and to
evaluate their magnitude, even before they occur. A full assessment of the
content generated by social network users is very complex. This, due to the
gigantic volume of data communicated over the net at any given time. Using few,
well defined, keywords for the detection of relevant data reduces,
considerably, the processing effort and expedites the identification of events,
such as wildfire, floods or terror attacks. The preliminary results here has
shown that by using keywords, specially tailored for different types of
major events, one may detect ‘abnormal' surges of social network activities.
Also, presented are threshold values, in terms of magnitude and frequency
designed for early detection of these events. This approach is the basis for
the development of algorithms for early identification real time systems
and for geographical tracking of major events.
To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
_www.igi-global.com/article/keyword-selection-methodology-for-identifica
tion-of-major-events-using-social-networks/142942_
(http://www.igi-global.com/article/keyword-selection-methodology-for-identification-of-major-events-using
-social-networks/142942)
To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
_www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=142942_
(http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=142942)
ARTICLE 4
Navigation Support using Minimal Information as a Supplement to a Digital
Map
Björn J E Johansson (Swedish Defence Research Agency, Linköping, Sweden),
Charlotte Stenius (Swedish Defence Research Agency, Linköping, Sweden)
By presenting continuously updated heading and distance information on a
small head-mounted display, as a supplement to a GPS-receiver, the authors
examined if workload could be reduced and performance increased when
navigating in a demanding situation. The purpose was to present as limited, but
sufficient, information as possible to facilitate navigation. The technique
was tested on ground troops, but could also be used by rescue services and
police in situations that require navigation in unknown environments. The
main findings were that the workload was reduced in two aspects (during
navigation and handling personal equipment) but increased in another (looking
for foot placement). When using the head mounted display, it was found that
participants stopped fewer times to look at the GPS-receiver if they had
continuous updated heading and distance information. This suggests that a
supplement with minimal information on a head mounted display could be useful
when navigating with a GPS-receiver in an unknown environment.
To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
_www.igi-global.com/article/navigation-support-using-minimal-information-as-
a-supplement-to-a-digital-map/142943_
(http://www.igi-global.com/article/navigation-support-using-minimal-information-as-a-supplement-to-a-digital-map/1
42943)
To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
_www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=142943_
(http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=142943)
ARTICLE 5
Achieving an Information System's Capability through C2
Ana C. Calderon (Department of Computing and Information Systems, Cardiff
Metropolitan Univesrity, Cardiff, UK), Peter Johnson (Department of
Computer Science, University of Bath, Bath, UK)
The authors present a literature review of command and control, linking
sociological elements of academic research to military research in a novel
way. They will discuss task modeling literature (seen in human machine
interaction studies), general aspects of collectives and military and academic
research on command and control, studies of autonomous systems and
considerations of interactions between humans and autonomous agents. Based on the
survey and associations between aspects from these fields, the authors compose
a recommendation list for aspects crucial to building of information
systems capable of achieving their true capability, through command and control.
To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
_www.igi-global.com/article/achieving-an-information-systems-capability-thro
ugh-c2/142944_
(http://www.igi-global.com/article/achieving-an-information-systems-capability-through-c2/142944)
To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
_www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=142944_
(http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=142944)
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For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the
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:
_www.igi-global.com/isj_
(http://www.igi-global.com/e-resources/infosci-databases/infosci-journals/) .
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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. The goal of the journal is to publish high quality empirical
and theoretical research covering all aspects of information systems for
crisis response and management. Full-length research manuscripts, insightful
research and practice notes, and case studies will be considered for
publication.
Indices of IJISCRAM:
* ACM Digital Library
* Bacon's Media Directory
* Cabell's Directories
* DBLP
* GetCited
* Google Scholar
* INSPEC
* JournalTOCs
* MediaFinder
* Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
* The Index of Information Systems Journals
* The Standard Periodical Directory
* Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
Coverage of IJISCRAM:
This journal covers all aspects of the crisis management information
systems discipline, from organizational or social issues to technology support
to decision making and knowledge representation. High quality submissions
are encouraged using any qualitative or quantitative research methodology,
focusing on the design, development, implementation, uses 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/calls-for-papers/international-journal-information-systems-crisis/1119_
(http://www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-information-systems-crisis/1119)
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