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Modeling Collaboration for Crisis and Emergency Management

Authors:
Antonio De Nicola
Alberto Tofani
Giordano Vicoli
Maria Luisa Villani

Keywords: Conceptual Modeling; Collaborative Networks; Critical Infrastructures; UML Profiles.

Abstract:
Managing crisis and emergency requires a deep knowledge of the related scenario. Simulation and analysis tools are considered as a promising mean to reach such understanding. Precondition to these types of tools is the availability of a graphical modeling language allowing domain experts to build formally grounded models. To reach this goal, in this paper, we propose the CEML language and the related meta-model to describe structural aspects of crisis and emergency scenarios. The meta-model consists of a set of modeling constructs, a set of domain relationships, and a set of modeling rules. Finally, we propose a preliminary set of collaboration design patterns to model interaction and communication exchange arising among emergency services providers and citizens to solve the crisis.

Pages: 22 to 27

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: June 19, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4227

ISBN: 978-1-61208-143-4

Location: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Dates: from June 19, 2011 to June 24, 2011