Date of Award
12-1-2010
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Computer Science
First Advisor
Hexmoor, Henry
Abstract
Motivated by shortcomings in recent natural disaster responses; this paper reports on a computational approach that offers techniques for matching social demands of a disaster type with the strengths of cultural traits among rescue teams.
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