scholarly journals A Smart Integrated Vest for the Canine Companion of the K9 Units

Informatics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Georgios Vosinakis ◽  
Maria Krommyda ◽  
Angelos Stamou ◽  
Nikos Mitro ◽  
Marios Palazis-Aslanidis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Situational Awareness ◽  
Command And Control ◽  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Successful Outcome ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Control Center ◽  
Confined Spaces ◽  
Collapsed Buildings ◽  
And Control

Search and rescue operations can range from small, confined spaces, such as collapsed buildings, to large area searches during missing person operations. K9 units are tasked with intervening in such emergencies and assist in the optimal way to ensure a successful outcome for the mission. They are required to operate in unknown situations were the lives of the K9 handler and the canine companion are threatened as they operate with limited situational awareness. Within the context of the INGENIOUS project, we developed a K9 vest for the canine companion of the unit, aiming to increase the unit’s safety while operating in the field, assist the K9 handler in better monitoring the location and the environment of the K9 and increase the information provided to the Command and Control Center during the operation.

Attention Allocation to Physically Separate Task and Situation Displays in a Command and Control Setting

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 1130-1134
Author(s):  
H. Golan ◽  
A. Parush ◽  
E. Jaffe
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Emergency Medical Services ◽  
Situational Awareness ◽  
Command And Control ◽  
Attention Allocation ◽  
Incident Management ◽  
Allocation Strategy ◽  
Individual Task ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
And Control

Using a simulated Emergency Medical Services (EMS) dispatch center during multi-casualty incident management, this study explored whether the presence of a separate situation display in a Command and Control (C2) setting might require attention at the expense of attending an individual task display, and how it influenced performance and situational awareness. Overall, participants always attended the task display more than the situation display. However, the situation display drew attention at the expense of attending less the task display. The presence of the situation display was related to improved performance and better situational awareness (SA), particularly in the projection level of the SA, which could account also for the better decision-making performance. Participants may have developed an attention allocation strategy to effectively utilize the information of the situation display and execute their tasks on the task display.

scholarly journals WESTT (workload, error, situational awareness, time and teamwork): an analytical prototyping system for command and control

2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Houghton ◽  
Chris Baber ◽  
Malcolm Cowton ◽  
Guy H. Walker ◽  
Neville A. Stanton
Keyword(s):  
Situational Awareness ◽  
Command And Control ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Das Gehirn der Smart City

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 51-71
Author(s):  
Christian Eichenmüller ◽  
Max Münßinger ◽  
Georg Glasze
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Command And Control ◽  
Control Center ◽  
Sind Eine ◽  
And Control

Ausgangspunkt des Beitrages ist die Beobachtung, dass sogenannte command and control center im Zuge von Smart-City-Vorhaben zu wichtigen Bausteinen der Stadtentwicklung werden – nicht nur in der von uns untersuchten „Smart City Mission“ in Indien, sondern weltweit. Die Idee der Vermessung, Lesbarmachung und Steuerung von Städten in einem zentralen Raum wird vielfach als neue und zeitgemäße Antwort auf die Herausforderungen der Städte im „digitalen Zeitalter“ präsentiert – nicht zuletzt von globalen Beratungsfirmen und lokalen Eliten. Wir zeigen, dass diese Ansätze auf Logiken aufbauen, die bereits in der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts in der Kybernetik entworfen worden sind. Eine solche historische Einordnung ermöglicht es, die Übersetzungen und Materialisierungen dieser Logiken in spezifischen Kontexten sowie die dabei auftretenden Brüche herauszuarbeiten. Gleichzeitig trägt die Perspektive dazu bei, die von Technologieanbietern und Beratungsfirmen propagierte Alternativlosigkeit smarter Stadtentwicklungspolitik aufzubrechen und diese damit einer Kritik zugänglich zu machen.

scholarly journals A Novel Method of Spatiotemporal Dynamic Geo-Visualization of Criminal Data, Applied to Command and Control Centers for Public Safety

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 160
Author(s):  
Mayra Salcedo-Gonzalez ◽  
Julio Suarez-Paez ◽  
Manuel Esteve ◽  
Jon Ander Gómez ◽  
Carlos Enrique Palau
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Situational Awareness ◽  
Command And Control ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
National Police ◽  
And Control

This article shows a novel geo-visualization method of dynamic spatiotemporal data that allows mobility and concentration of criminal activity to be study. The method was developed using, only and significantly, real data of Santiago de Cali (Colombia), collected by the Colombian National Police (PONAL). This method constitutes a tool that allows criminal influx to be analyzed by concentration, zone, time slot and date. In addition to the field experience of police commanders, it allows patterns of criminal activity to be detected, thereby enabling a better distribution and management of police resources allocated to crime deterrence, prevention and control. Additionally, it may be applied to the concepts of safe city and smart city of the PONAL within the architecture of Command and Control System (C2S) of Command and Control Centers for Public Safety. Furthermore, it contributes to a better situational awareness and improves the future projection, agility, efficiency and decision-making processes of police officers, which are all essential for fulfillment of police missions against crime. Finally, this was developed using an open source software, it can be adapted to any other city, be used with real-time data and be implemented, if necessary, with the geographic software of any other C2S.

scholarly journals Securing interoperable and integrated command and control of unmanned systems – building on the successes of Unmanned Warrior

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Smith ◽  
W Biggs
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
Situational Awareness ◽  
Command And Control ◽  
Unmanned Vehicles ◽  
Significant Progress ◽  
Iterative Development ◽  
The Us ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Run Up ◽  
And Control

The objective of more complete integration of unmanned vehicles into maritime command and control systems has been set out in previous papers, as has the progress made through the MAPLE (Maritime Autonomous Platform Exploitation) and the demonstrations undertaken at Unmanned Warrior in 2016.  This paper details the significant progress that has subsequently been achieved in the fourth phase of MAPLE, in the run up to a further set of demonstrations in Australia in late 2018.  Using a comprehensive synthetic environment and a process of iterative development, the ACER (Autonomy Control Exploitation and Realisation) demonstrator is being updated to include new functionality that closes gaps in the MAPLE visionary Persistent Architecture (PA).  Specifically this will introduce enhanced Situational Awareness for the operator during Mission Execution, providing details of UxV asset and payload status.  Additional functionality will also provide Payload control.  Summarising these developments and outlining their significance, the paper will give illustrations of potential applications.  Ahead of the Australian Wizard of Aus demonstrations, under the multinational technology co-operation programme (TTCP) and part of Autonomous Warrior, the MAPLE team will further support the STANAG 4586 interface and will undertake derisking work in preparation for the integration of TTCP vehicles provided by Australia, New Zealand and the US. The paper outlines the relevance of this development and how it will be utilised in the Australian demonstration.  Finally, the paper will look forward to the developments planned in both future phase of MAPLE and under QinetiQ’s participation with the multinational EU Ocean 2020 programme.

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