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020 _a9781482248395 (Paperback)
020 _a1482248395 (Paperback)
020 _a9781498726474
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041 _aEnglish
042 _alccopycat
082 0 4 _a363.348068
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_bMEI
100 1 _aMeier, Patrick,
245 1 0 _aDigital humanitarians :
_bhow big data is changing the face of humanitarian response /
_cPatrick Meier.
260 _aBoca Raton, FL :
_bCRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,
_c2015]
300 _axxv, 233 pages:
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm.
500 _aNETC LRC call no. HV 639 .M511 2015.
505 0 0 _tThe rise of digital humanitarians --
_tThe rise of big (crisis) data --
_tCrowd computing social media --
_tCrowd computing satellite and aerial imagery --
_tArtificial intelligence for disaster response --
_tArtificial intelligence in the sky --
_tVerifying big crisis data with crowd computing --
_tVerifying big data with artificial intelligence --
_tDigital humanitarians in the Arab Spring --
_tNext-generation digital humanitarians.
520 _aThis gripping real-time drama is set against the devastation of the Haiti earthquake. The author, a pioneer of digital humanitarianism, didn't stay idle long. Within hours, from his laptop, he'd assembled a global network of volunteers to collect, analyze, sift through, map, and relay accurate information from survivors on the ground voicing cries of help using social media. Their data-mining accomplishments were Read more...
650 0 _aEmergency management
650 0 _aBig data
650 0 _aDisaster relief
650 0 _aHumanitarian intervention
650 0 _aHumanitarian assistance
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_cBOOKS
100 1 _eauthor.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 199-220) and index.
650 0 _xData processing.
650 0 _xSocial aspects.
650 0 _xData processing.
650 0 _xData processing.
650 0 _xData processing.
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