Harnessing the Crowdsourcing Power of Social Media for Disaster Relief

This article briefly describes the advantages and disadvantages of crowdsourcing applications applied to disaster relief coordination. It also discusses several challenges that must be addressed to make crowdsourcing a useful tool that can effectively facilitate the relief progress in coordination,...

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Published in:IEEE intelligent systems 2011-05, Vol.26 (3), p.10-14
Main Authors: Huiji Gao, Barbier, Geoffrey, Goolsby, Rebecca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Applied sciences
Computer science
control theory
systems
Computer systems and distributed systems. User interface
Coordination
crisis map
Crowdsourcing
Decision making
Disaster relief
Disasters
Earthquakes
Emergency services
Exact sciences and technology
Information services
intelligent systems
Media
relief organization
Security
Social network services
Social networks
Software
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