Multi-user tangible interfaces for effective decision-making in disaster management

摘要: In order to handle disasters, save human lives, and reduce damages, it is essential have quick response times, good collaboration coordination among the parties involved, as well advanced techniques, resources, infrastructure. The current disaster inefficient sometimes poorly organized. Various studies, research, analyses helped clarify needs, understand failures, improve technology organizational procedures. One of major bottlenecks mentioned in many reports communication between different involved managing a disaster. lack overview locations teams, personnel, facilities or insufficient information about tasks needing be completed may lead misunderstanding errors. Many command control systems been developed aid decision-making process, but these generally require well-trained personnel. This chapter discusses series usability investigations on new type hardware called ‘tangible table’ for sharing during emergency responses. tangible table offers simple user interface that can manipulated with fingers. intuitive easy use. presents tests carried out groups users. results show convincingly system highly appropriate broad group non-technical