Identifying potential victims to avoid alert people who are not in danger is an open challenge to crisis communications systems. In an emergency situation alerting individuals out of danger can overload dissemination systems and lead to loss of system credibility because people can be overwhelmed with irrelevant information. This paper aims to investigate how to improve the message dissemination process in crisis communication by using context-aware computing concepts. We propose a system to identify potential victims and define a strategy with a better way to contact them. For evaluation we performed two case studies with real emergency messages. Finally, we discuss ways to identify potential victims of emergency situations.

The need to address safety and security related aspects at an early stage of development of feedback control systems (FCS) has been identified as vital for the optimisation of the development process of military land systems. These systems often include network enabled capability (NEC) allowing the use of electronics architectures to integrate different sub-systems. However, this increased integration capability is associated with magnified safety risks and compromise from cyber attacks [4]. This paper discusses how the process of developing FCS for military land systems could benefit from the use of a framework that addresses safety and security issues at the system modelling level. The core part of the suggested framework consists of a Simulink model to be used by design engineers as a blueprint for the development of a modular FCS that are expected to feature a modular architecture with dedicated sub-modules for the processing of data related to safety and security aspects. Since the FCS developed through the use of framework features a modular architecture, the anticipated cost incurred in the design of the associated modular safety case is expected to be reduced, leading to an overall reduction of the cost of the re-certification process [1].