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Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications (1996)
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB)

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Contents

 

  

OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY

  

1

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APPLICATION NEEDS FOR COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS

  

8
   

Introduction

  

8
   

Crisis Management

  

10
   

Definition and Characteristics

  

10
   

Scenarios

  

16
   

Crisis Management Needs for Computing and Communications

  

16
   

Other Application Domains

  

34
   

Digital Libraries

  

35
   

Electronic Commerce

  

38
   

Manufacturing

  

42
   

Health Care

  

47
   

Notes

  

53

2

  

TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH PROBLEMS MOTIVATED BY APPLICATION NEEDS

  

55
   

Introduction

  

55
   

Networking: The Need for Adaptivity

  

56
   

Self-Organization

  

60
   

Network Management

  

62
   

Security

  

65
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