Pre-test:Most of the participants were agreed that all WORKPAD components are understandable and intuitive. 8 users agreed and 5 users partially agreed that the Task Management component helps them in performing different tasks in the case of an emergency.12 users said that it is comprehensive to perform a task by undertaking different steps. 10 users agreed that the instructions and the buttons are clearly formulated.10 users considered the chosen symbols as appropriate, while the one said it was very appropriate.Second usability test:Fully AgreePartially AgreePartially DisagreeDisagreeComponents are intuitive and easy to use31xXComponents run without any interruptions and crashes31xXScreen design is attractive22xXScreen text is easy to read22xXComponents are easy to navigate22xXWORKPAD supports in performing tasks in the case of an emergency31xX

Future mobile government applications will require a greater interplay between stakeholders, including telecommunications carriers and supporting value chain members and the general public who are the ultimate end users of such a system

It was shown that more knowledge about environment dynamics leads to better service in both homogenous and heterogeneous cases. With decreasing the gap between knowledge acquisition about the environmental dynamics (flood and traffic) from first to fourth scenario we observe increase of a number of successfully escaped agents. It was shown that the knowledge sharing between agents can be a good alternative to the navigation system acquiring knowledge about the environment from a lot of sensors.

this research proposal paper has presented a holistic framework that attempts to address all emergency evaluation aspects and that facilitates the reuse, extension and interconnection of its major componentsThe paper has also described the methodological framework required for this novel combination of technologies, which emphasizes the integration of previous works and the diffusion of each little advance in the construction of this holistic framework.

As a result of the evaluation, we found severe usability issues and concrete insights into how to solve them. For our evaluation approach, it means that on-site mobile evaluation is an appropriate method for improving the usability and interaction of safety-critical software systems.

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The simulation system shows promising results to support emergency managers in designing and evaluating more realistic traffic evacuation plans with mutli-level agent’s decision models that reflect different levels of individual variability of handling stress situations.When multiple models and behavior patterns were turned off, the results are comparable to those of the MATSimThe results also show that using the additional route choice model, i.e., potential network model, reduces the agent’s travel time from that of the shortest path modelThe results also showed a significant impact of the nervousness value on the clearance time. When evacuees are extremely panicked, the clearance time increased rapidly.The experimental results show that it is beneficial to integrate more variability of driving behaviors to a model frameworkThe results also hos that while the buildings of more shelters may increase overall evacuation rates. It may diminish efficient utilization of sheltersThe approach would provide emergency officials with a clearer view, enabling them to visualize outcomes of the possible alternative evacuation plans under various possible scenarios, and to more accurately predict and plan clearance time so that they can choose the optimal plan.

Simulation and gaming can play a useful and even pivotal role in crisis management planning and training and its real-time delivery.Benefits and barriers to realizing gaming a simulation environments are presentedE.g. Benefit: allow experimentation in nearly real-life situations / Barrier: validation

Flood events are highly complex and their development process is significantly influenced by various conditions. The findings show that the most important factor is the water level which determines the time available to respond. The presented System Dynamics (SD) model has the capability to capture such complex settings. Through what-if analysis and the comparison of different scenarios, learning effects are achieved by using the model.

Coordination within government, including communication to first responders responsible for evacuation and localized warnings, and communication to mass media who serve a critical function in public warning, can be achieved through the use of an SMS engine supplemented as necessary by an informative and robust website