Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications

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Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications (1996)
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National Research Council. "Front Matter." Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1996. 1. Print.

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	OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY	1
1	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