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Critical Lessons Learned: Evaluation of Commercial Mobile Incident Support Systems

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Mobile Response (Mobile Response 2008)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCCN,volume 5424))

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This paper reports from a study of two projects concerning the evaluation of commercial mobile incident support systems. Based on data from ethnographic fieldwork and field experiments, key issues and critical lessons learned from these projects are outlined.

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  1. Viktoria Insitute, Public Safety Research Group, Hörselgången 4, 417 56, Göteborg, Sweden

    Jonas Landgren

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  1. Fraunhofer IAIS, Schloss Birlinghoven, 53754, Sankt Augustin, Germany

    Jobst Löffler

  2. Fraunhofer FIT, Schloss Birlinghoven, 53754, Sankt Augustin, Germany

    Markus Klann

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Landgren, J. (2009). Critical Lessons Learned: Evaluation of Commercial Mobile Incident Support Systems. In: Löffler, J., Klann, M. (eds) Mobile Response. Mobile Response 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5424. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00440-7_12

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