Rescue is a tough and time-consuming task in huge disaster. After stricken by a catastrophic
natural disaster, the rescue force is typically deployed under the circumstance of traffic …

In disaster relief, especially in the rescue of serious disaster like great earthquake or
tsunami, detecting the exact location of survivors via portable devices can greatly improve …

A multisensor data fusion algorithm is proposed in this study for life detection in cluttered
environments. The method consists of four steps: data acquisition, data preprocessing, data …

With the frequent occurrence of global earthquake disasters in recent years, quickly and
accurately locating trapped people is the key to reducing the mortality rate of earthquake …

To find out survivors in some disasters such as earthquake or fire hazard is an extremely
important work. The faster search-and-rescue team detect them, the more possibility they …

The search for disaster victims carried out by search-and-rescue (SAR) team mainly uses
traditional methods, which are considered to take much time and effort, and pose a high risk …

Regarding spatial location positioning, indoor location positioning theories based on
wireless communication techniques such as Wi-Fi, beacon, UWB and Bluetooth has widely …

Device-Free Localization (DFL) is an effective human localizing system that exploits
changes in radio signals strength of radio network. DFL is playing a critical role in many …

Congestion avoidance in emergency situations is among one of many overlooked
localization issues. During emergency situations (such as fires), sometimes the rescuers find …

Localisation is a key technique in Internet of Things (IoT) and wireless sensor network
(WSN). Currently, for indoor localisation there are many approaches, eg, RFID based …