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For large crisis events, mobile devices and applications can contribute significantly in data exchange amongst citizens, first responders, police, and Law-Enforcement Agencies. Previous work in this field illustrates a mobile communication system is required that will combine the flexibility of using different communication technologies, constant availability, and the use of social media for communicating crisis-related information. The design of the ATHENA mobile application was based on the consideration of these factors and this design is presented in more detail in this chapter..
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Bahk, C., Baptista, L., Winokur, C., Colodzin, R., Domdouzis, K. (2017). The ATHENA Mobile Application. In: Akhgar, B., Staniforth, A., Waddington, D. (eds) Application of Social Media in Crisis Management. Transactions on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52419-1_7
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