A CORBA-based GIS-T for ambulance assignment

Tsai Yun Liao, Ta Yin Hu

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Abstract

With the advancement of intelligent transportation systems (ITS), the current and future emergency medical services (EMS) systems are characterized by real-time response, specialization, and decentralization. In order to provide real-time response of medical services, several components are essential, such as dispatching, routing, emergency facilities, and patients medical history. This paper proposes a CORBA (common object request broker architecture)-based GIS-T (geographic information systems for transportation) framework for the dispatching and assignment of medical vehicles for emergency services via wireless communication. The framework combines distributed object computing, GIS-T, and transportation models in a single system, thus provides flexibility and interoperability among existing medical service systems. The framework utilizes the concept of distributed systems and capabilities of CORBA to design objects and dynamically updated medical facilities information in order to provide ambulances with up-to-date information. A real roadway network is used in the numerical experiments to illustrate dynamic aspects of the proposed system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - IEEE International Conference on Application-Specific Systems, Architectures, and Processors, ASAP 2002
EditorsRobert Schreiber, Shuvra Bhattacharyya, Neil Burgess, Michael Schulte
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages371-380
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)0769517129
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002
EventIEEE International Conference on Application-Specific Systems, Architectures, and Processors, ASAP 2002 - San Jose, United States
Duration: 2002 Jul 172002 Jul 19

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference on Application-Specific Systems, Architectures and Processors
Volume2002-January
ISSN (Print)1063-6862

Other

OtherIEEE International Conference on Application-Specific Systems, Architectures, and Processors, ASAP 2002
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Jose
Period02-07-1702-07-19

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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