5th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

Enabling dynamic workflow for disaster monitoring and relief through service-oriented sensor networks

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/chinacom.2010.129,
        author={Lu Liu and David Webster and Jie Xu and Kaigui Wu},
        title={Enabling dynamic workflow for disaster monitoring and relief through service-oriented sensor networks},
        proceedings={5th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
        year={2011},
        month={1},
        keywords={Service Oriented Architecture sensor networks disaster relief},
        doi={10.4108/chinacom.2010.129}
    }
    
  • Lu Liu
    David Webster
    Jie Xu
    Kaigui Wu
    Year: 2011
    Enabling dynamic workflow for disaster monitoring and relief through service-oriented sensor networks
    CHINACOM
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/chinacom.2010.129
Lu Liu1,*, David Webster2,*, Jie Xu2,*, Kaigui Wu3,*
  • 1: School of Engineering and Information Sciences, Middlesex University, London, NW4 4BT, UK
  • 2: School of Computing, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, U.K.
  • 3: College of Computer Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
*Contact email: l.liu@mdx.ac.uk, d.e.webster@leeds.ac.uk, j.xu@leeds.ac.uk, k.wu@leeds.ac.uk

Abstract

Natural and man-made disasters can significantly impact both people and environments. Sensor networks have the potential to revolutionize the capture, processing and communication of critical data for use of disaster rescue and relief [1]. In order to provide a dependable rescue capability through dynamically integrating newly developed and legacy sensor systems with other systems and computing, new methodologies are required for the dependable integration of services in heterogeneous environments. In this paper, we present a new architectural model which can proactively self-adapt to changes and evolution occurring in the provision of search and rescue capabilities in a dynamic environment. This approach has been demonstrated through developing and testing a demonstration system for a scenario of disaster area monitoring.