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Meier, Patrick,

Digital humanitarians : how big data is changing the face of humanitarian response / Patrick Meier. - xxv, 233 pages: illustrations ; 23 cm.

NETC LRC call no. HV 639 .M511 2015.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-220) and index.

The rise of digital humanitarians -- The rise of big (crisis) data -- Crowd computing social media -- Crowd computing satellite and aerial imagery -- Artificial intelligence for disaster response -- Artificial intelligence in the sky -- Verifying big crisis data with crowd computing -- Verifying big data with artificial intelligence -- Digital humanitarians in the Arab Spring -- Next-generation digital humanitarians.

ISBN: 9781482248395 (Paperback) 1482248395 (Paperback) 9781498726474 149872647X

LCCN: 2015288067

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Emergency management--Data processing.
Big data--Social aspects.
Disaster relief--Data processing.
Humanitarian intervention--Data processing.
Humanitarian assistance--Data processing.

LC Class. No.: HV551.2 / .M45 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 363.34/8068