The Integrated Security System of the Vatican City State

Garzia, Fabio; Sammarco, E.; Cusani, Roberto

doi:10.2495/safe-v1-n1-1-17

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“…These systems are very useful since they allow managing security in a very efficient way, reducing the need of human resources. Most of them implement an access control system [1][2][3][4]. In particular, a huge number of research efforts were directed to speaker recognition problem [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15].…”

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Text Independent Automatic Speaker Recognition System Using Mel-Frequency Cepstrum Coefficient and Gaussian Mixture Models

Maesa¹,

Garzia

Scarpiniti³

et al. 2012

JIS

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The aim of this paper is to show the accuracy and time results of a text independent automatic speaker recognition (ASR) system, based on Mel-Frequency Cepstrum Coefficients (MFCC) and Gaussian Mixture Models (GMM), in order to develop a security control access gate. 450 speakers were randomly extracted from the Voxforge.org audio database, their utterances have been improved using spectral subtraction, then MFCC were extracted and these coefficients were statistically analyzed by GMM in order to build each profile. For each speaker two different speech files were used: the first one to build the profile database, the second one to test the system performance. The accuracy achieved by the proposed approach is greater than 96% and the time spent for a single test run, implemented in Matlab language, is about 2 seconds on a common PC.

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Text Independent Automatic Speaker Recognition System Using Mel-Frequency Cepstrum Coefficient and Gaussian Mixture Models

Maesa¹,

Garzia

Scarpiniti³

et al. 2012

JIS

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“…Due to the nature of the site, it is not possible to implement structural changes, such as the design of new gates, the enlargement of the existing one or of the stairs. For this reasons the solutions that can be adopted are related to the design of an acoustic and luminous signalling system, even supported by a proper IoT/IoE system [1][2][3] (such as the one that is going to be realized), that leads people through proper smart exodus, to use simply, as an example, also the door of the upper Church to reduce the flow on the stairs and the passage currently used, with a probable improvement on the time of exodus and congestion. Another solution that can be implemented is represented by the management of the outflow near the exit of the lower Church.…”

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“…It is also necessary to avoid considering that mass events (or anyway normally crowded sites such as the one considered in the present work and illustrated in the following) of the same type are characterized by the same factors and therefore by the same level of risk. The kind of event represents only the starting point necessary for an ad hoc risk assessment that can effectively support qualified personnel who must manage it to guarantee a suitable level of safety and security, maybe aided by suitable integrated technological system, even based on IoT (Internet of Things) / IoE (Internet of Everything) capable of supporting a proper multidisciplinary model for safety and security management [1][2][3][4][5].…”

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Crowd evacuation analysis of the Papal Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi, Italy

Garzia¹,

Lombardi²,

Marsella³

et al. 2019

Int. J. SAFE

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The safety and security of public events involving large masses, or anyway the safety of crowded sites, is a timely and important topic that must be properly and deeply analysed. It is therefore necessary to use proper methods of analysis and design of the safety and security of public events by a suitable engineering approach, aimed at guaranteeing the safety and security of people during evacuation in ordinary and emergency conditions.The present work analyses the crowd evacuation of the Papal basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi that, together with the Sacred Convent, represent a unique and specific cultural heritage site where the mortal remains of St. Francis have been housed since 1230 AD. Millions of pilgrims and visitors from all over the world visit this site each year. In 2000 AD, together with other Franciscan sites in the surrounding area, it achieved uNESCO World heritage status.To reach the desired goal, a proper simulation model of people evacuation was set up, considering the fundamental aspects of interaction between the architecture and layout of the basilica and the behaviour of the crowd.The obtained results provide a series of important information for people evacuation management that leads to a more regular exit flow with a decrease in the time of stationary waiting and, therefore, with a decrease of the probability of generating spontaneous panic phenomena induced by the crowd.

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“…In integrated security systems, the information management represents a very important factor for the functionality and efficiency of the systems themselves. In fact, due to their intrinsic nature, these systems generate a considerable information flow inside them that must be correctly addressed, coordinated, and potentially stored on temporary or permanent memory supports, to avoid overcharging or over dimensioning of communication channels and storing devices [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8].…”

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The integrated security system of the Senate of the Italian Republic

Contardi¹,

Garzia²,

Cusani³

2011

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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The security of a complex site is strongly dependent on the use of integrated technological systems. Any weakness of the integrated system involves a weakness of the security of the site itself. For this reason it is necessary to design and realize highly integrated, efficient and reliable security systems. The authors illustrate the work made to design and realize the integrated security system of the Senate of the Italian Republic.

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The Integrated Security System of the Vatican City State

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Text Independent Automatic Speaker Recognition System Using Mel-Frequency Cepstrum Coefficient and Gaussian Mixture Models

Text Independent Automatic Speaker Recognition System Using Mel-Frequency Cepstrum Coefficient and Gaussian Mixture Models

Crowd evacuation analysis of the Papal Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi, Italy

The integrated security system of the Senate of the Italian Republic

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