A Visualization‐Based Analysis System for Urban Search & Rescue Mission Planning Support

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dc.contributor.authorBock, Alexanderen_US
dc.contributor.authorSvensson, Åsaen_US
dc.contributor.authorKleiner, Alexanderen_US
dc.contributor.authorLundberg, Jonasen_US
dc.contributor.authorRopinski, Timoen_US
dc.contributor.editorChen, Min and Zhang, Hao (Richard)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-10T07:36:17Z
dc.date.available2018-01-10T07:36:17Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractWe propose a visualization system for incident commanders (ICs) in urban search and rescue scenarios that supports path planning in post‐disaster structures. Utilizing point cloud data acquired from unmanned robots, we provide methods for the assessment of automatically generated paths. As data uncertainty and unknown information make fully automated systems impractical, we present the IC with a set of viable access paths, based on varying risk factors, in a 3D environment combined with visual analysis tools enabling informed decision making and trade‐offs. Based on these decisions, a responder is guided along the path by the IC, who can interactively annotate and reevaluate the acquired point cloud and generated paths to react to the dynamics of the situation. We describe visualization design considerations for our system and decision support systems in general, technical realizations of the visualization components, and discuss the results of two qualitative expert evaluation; one online study with nine search and rescue experts and an eye‐tracking study in which four experts used the system on an application case.We propose a visualization system for incident commanders (ICs) in urban search and rescue scenarios that supports path planning in post‐disaster structures. Utilizing point cloud data acquired from unmanned robots, we provide methods for the assessment of automatically generated paths.en_US
dc.description.number6
dc.description.sectionheadersArticles
dc.description.seriesinformationComputer Graphics Forum
dc.description.volume36
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cgf.12869
dc.identifier.issn1467-8659
dc.identifier.pages148-159
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.12869
dc.identifier.urihttps://diglib.eg.org:443/handle/10.1111/cgf12869
dc.publisher© 2017 The Eurographics Association and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.en_US
dc.subjecturban search and rescue decision support application
dc.subjectComputer Graphics [I.3.7]: Three‐Dimensional Graphics and Realism–Color, shading, shadowing and texture
dc.titleA Visualization‐Based Analysis System for Urban Search & Rescue Mission Planning Supporten_US
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