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Choice of Airport in Extinguishing Wildfires: Model and Cases

Topics: Optimization; OR in Transportation; OR in Emergency Management

Authors: Louise Ekström and Christine Große

Affiliation: Department of Information Systems and Technology, Mid Sweden University, Holmgatan 10, Sundsvall, Sweden

Digital Object Identifier: 10.5220/0009166703640371

Proceedings of ICORES 2020, ISBN: 978-989-758-396-4

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This paper develops a model to support the optimal choice of an airport as a base for the flying vehicles that are operated to extinguish wildfires and forest fires. Based on experiences from the two largest wildfires in Swedish history, this study models the optimisation as a balanced transportation problem. In both cases, the model selected the airport that is closest to the fire area. If the capacity of the chosen airport was insufficient to host all of the flying vehicles, then the model added a second airport which is also nearby the wildfire area. The cases demonstrate that the total cost of the operation is lower when the extinguishing work is concentrated in an area that has a short distance between the airport and the fire, the fuel depots and the pilots’ accommodation. Improved access to relevant data in the context of crisis management by air could allow for the inclusion of additional parameters and correct data in the optimisation model, which could in turn provide more comprehensive decision-making support.

Integration of Data Envelopment Analysis in Business Process Models: A Novel Approach to Measure Information Security

Topics: Risk and Reputation Management; Security Awareness and Education

Authors: Agnes Åkerlund and Christine Große

Affiliation: Department of Information Systems and Technology, Mid Sweden University, Holmgatan 10, Sundsvall, Sweden

Digital Object Identifier: 10.5220/0008875802810288

Proceedings of ICISSP 2020, ISBN: 978-989-758-399-5

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This article explores the question of how to measure information security. Organisational information security is difficult to evaluate in this complex area because it includes numerous factors. The human factor has been acknowledged as one of the most challenging factors to consider in the field of information security. This study models the application of data envelopment analysis to business processes in order to facilitate the evaluation of information security that includes human factors. In addition to the model, this study demonstrates that data envelopment analysis provides an efficiency measure to assess the information security level of a business process. The novel approach that is proposed in this paper is exemplified with the aid of three fictive processes. The Business Process Model and Notation has been used to map the processes because it facilitates the visualisation of human interactions in processes and the form of the processed information. The combination of data envelopment analysis with process modelling and analyses of process deficiencies and threats to information security enables the evaluation of information security to include human factors in the analyses. Moreover, it provides a measure to benchmark information security in organisational processes.

Are You Ready When It Counts? IT Consulting Firm’s Information Security Incident Management

Topics: Risk and Reputation Management; Legal and Regulatory Issues; Security Awareness and Education

Authors: Maja Nyman and Christine Große

Affiliation: Department of Information Systems and Technology, Mid Sweden University, Holmgatan 10, Sundsvall and Sweden

Digital Object Identifier: 10.5220/0007247500260037

Proceedings of ICISSP 2019, ISBN: 978-989-758-359-9

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Information security incidents are increasing both in number and in scope. In consequence, the General Data Protection Regulation and the Directive on security of network and information systems force organisations to report such incidents to a supervision authority. Due to the growing of both the importance of managing incidents and the tendency to outsourcing, this study focuses on IT-consulting firms and highlights their vulnerable position as subcontractors. This study thereby addresses the lack of empirical research on incident management and contributes valuable insights in IT-consulting firms’ experiences with information security incident management. Evidence from interviews and a survey with experts at IT-consulting firms focuses on challenges in managing information security incidents. The analyses identify and clarify both new and known challenges, such as how the recent regulations affect the role of an IT-consulting firm and how the absence of major incidents influences stakeholder awareness. Improvements of IT-consulting firm’s incident management process need to address internal and external communication, the information security awareness of employees and customers and the adequacy of the cost focus.

3D-printing: A Future “Magic Wand” for Global Manufacturing - How Can We Benefit from It Today for Sports and Health Care?

Authors: Andrey Koptyug , Mikael Bäckström and Lars-Erik Rännar

Affiliation: Mid Sweden University, Sweden

Digital Object Identifier: 10.5220/0006810300010001

Proceedings of icSPORTS 2017, ISBN: 978-989-758-269-1

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3D-printing, or as it is also known, additive manufacturing (AM), is promising to be one of the determining manufacturing technologies of the present century. It is not a single technology but a family of rather different ones common in the way components are made, adding materials layer by layer. Additive manufacturing is already quite competitive to existing and well established technologies, but it also can provide unprecedented flexibility and complexity of shapes making components from the materials as different as cheese, chocolate and cream, live cells, concrete, polymers and metal. Many more materials we were not even thinking about few years ago are also becoming available in additive manufacturing, making it really believable that “only the sky is the limit”. During the time available for the keynote lecture, we will analyze the present position of AM in relation to other technologies, the features that make it so promising and its influence upon the part of our life we call sports and health, using the examples relevant to the Congress areas from computer systems to sports performance. Out of all enormities of materials available for different representatives of this manufacturing family we will concentrate at polymers and metals. AM technologies working with these two material families are already providing some unique solutions within the application areas relevant to the Congress' scope. We will also talk about some limitations inherent to the AM in polymers and metals to have the awareness that though the limit is somewhere “high in the sky”, it still exists.

Possibility of Modern Humidity Sensor Application in the Studies of Moisture Transport through the Sports and Outdoor Garments

Topic: Training and Testing

Authors: Andrey Koptyug , Mats Ainegren , Mikael Bäckström , Erika Schieber and Jonas Persson

Affiliation: Sports Tech Research Centre and Mid Sweden University, Sweden

Digital Object Identifier: 10.5220/0006080400510058

Proceedings of icSPORTS 2016, ISBN: 978-989-758-205-9

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Sensor nodes containing pairs of temperature and humidity sensors were assessed as a mean of garment performance and comfort studies. Modern sensors are small, low weight and produce minimal disturbance when placed under the garments and in the footwear. Four sensor nodes were used to provide dynamic information about heat and humidity transfer properties of garments during the tests in realistic conditions. Pilot studies were carried out for the few models of cross country skiing garments and waders. Main studies were carried out in the wind tunnel at Mid Sweden University having pivoted treadmill, temperature control and rain capacity. Additional experiments with the waders were carried out in a large water tank. Studies of the temperature and humidity dynamics under the garments containing microporous membranes illustrate the importance of recognizing main features of such materials. In particular, such membranes can only transport moisture from the side where humidity is higher. It means that garments and footwear containing such membranes will potentially behave differently when ambient air humidity changes. In particular, modern garments with incorporated microporous membranes being superior at low ambient air humidity can be dramatically less effective for moisture transfer from the body in the rain.

Related Ontology Subjects/Areas/Topics (3)

Health, Sports Performance and Support Technology

Sport Science Research and Technology

Training and Testing

Mid Sweden University - A Survey of Wireless Sensor Networks for Home Healthcare Monitoring Application

Topics: Home Monitoring and Assisted Living Applications; Healthcare

Authors: Jun Tang and Tingting Zhang

Affiliation: Mid Sweden University, Sweden

Digital Object Identifier: 10.5220/0004265702400243

Proceedings of SENSORNETS 2013, ISBN: 978-989-8565-45-7

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In recent years, wireless sensor network technology has become mature. Working together with biomedical engineering, it has enormous potential benefits to improve the lifestyle of human especially for the elderly. This survey mainly focuses on two prototypes of home healthcare monitoring application: daily activities monitoring application and medical status monitoring application. It will present the requirement analysis which starts from the causes of chronic diseases. The paper also discusses challenges for current home healthcare monitoring application. At the last part of the survey, it will give the conclusion and future aspects.

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Application Domains	Health Information Systems	Sensor Networks
Applications and Uses	Healthcare	Simulation and Modeling
Biomedical Engineering	Home Monitoring and Assisted Living Applications

SEC-SNMP: POLICY-BASED SECURITY MANAGEMENT FOR SENSOR NETWORKS

Topic: Sensor and Mobile Ad Hoc Network Security

Authors: Qinghua Wang and Tingting Zhang

Affiliation: Mid Sweden University, Sweden

Digital Object Identifier: 10.5220/0001928602220226

Proceedings of SECRYPT 2008/ICETE, ISBN: 978-989-8111-59-3

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In this paper, we present a sensor network security management framework called Sec-SNMP, which organizes and manages security related behaviors in sensor networks based on security policies. There are three main components in Sec-SNMP: Sec-SNMP manager, Sec-SNMP agent and a policy control and deployment protocol. Sec-SNMP manager provides the interface between human administrator and the managed mesh network. Sec-SNMP agent represents Sec-SNMP manager to enforce security policies within the managed mesh network. The policy control and deployment protocol allows the communication between Sec-SNMP manager and Sec-SNMP agents. The security management for sensor networks is still in its germinal stage, and this paper provides a good guideline for future research.

Related Ontology Subjects/Areas/Topics (3)

Information and Systems Security

Network Security

Sensor and Mobile Ad Hoc Network Security

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