Collaborative adhocracies and mix-and-match technologies in emergency management

Abstract

Using the emergent interoperability approach to address unanticipated contingencies during emergency response.

Challenges and obstacles in sharing and coordinating information during multi-agency disaster response: Propositions from field exercises

“…This cognitive overload is related to a human limitation that is known as 'bounded rationality' (Simon 1982) and that constitutes a well-known bottleneck in human information processing. Cognition is related to role performance or, in other words, the execution of a set of behaviors that an individual is expected to be able to perform (Mendonca et al 2007). This negative relationship between information requirements and cognitive capacity (Galbraith 1977) exists at the individual level, resulting in a performance level that may not correlate with the amount of information available (Rao et al 1995).…”

Informational Challenges in Early Disaster Response: The Massive Oso/SR530 Landslide 2014 as Case in Point

“…The mission-critical role of actionable and integrated information in disaster response has increasingly been emphasized in recent research ( [10,21,24]). Shared situational awareness leading to a shared common operating picture [9,10,17,24] are considered foundational to agile, disciplined, and effective emergency and disaster response [16].…”

Cyber Security Concerns for Emergency Management

“…Emergencies by their very definition are chaotic events brought on by unforeseen and unpredictable circumstances (Bhavanishankar, Subramaniam, Kumar, & Dugar, 2009;Chen, Sharman, Rao, & Upadhyaya, 2008;Mendon, Jefferson, & Harrald, 2007). These events share a unique set of characteristics, which can be identified by the set of associated tasks and the knowledge, which defines the tasks.…”