A decentralised multi-agent system for emergency resource allocation in metropolitan regions (demonstration)

Authors

Jihang Zhang, University of WollongongFollow
Minjie Zhang, University of WollongongFollow
Fenghui Ren, University of WollongongFollow
Jiakun Liu, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

112976

Publication Details

Zhang, J., Zhang, M., Ren, F. & Liu, J. (2016). A decentralised multi-agent system for emergency resource allocation in metropolitan regions (demonstration). Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS (pp. 1482-1484). ACM Digital Library.

Abstract

Nowadays, emergency departments in many countries still rely on human operators to allocate rescue resources to emergency events. However, with the fast growth of population in metropolitan regions, the frequency of occurrence of emergency events has risen significantly, which imposes tremendous pressure over emergency event operators.