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To Live or Drown: When Information Systems become Critical

Author(s) -

Stella Mills

Publication year - 1995

Publication title -

the computer journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.319

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1460-2067

pISSN - 0010-4620

DOI - 10.1093/comjnl/38.6.413

Subject(s) - computer science , key (lock) , computer security , distress , software walkthrough , information system , satellite , telecommunications , operations research , engineering , operating system , software , electrical engineering , psychology , software construction , aerospace engineering , software system , psychotherapist

The Global Maritime and Distress Safety System (GMDSS) is an information system using satellite communications which in 1999 is due to become the only system for transmitting distress alerts at sea. However, the Maritime Rescue and Coordination Centres (MRCCs) have recorded some 300 false alarms from text-entry systems due, it is thought by some mariners, to the number of keystrokes needed to transmit a distress alert. After discussing the problem using a walkthrough of a live system, this paper suggests a solution which uses the principle of information integration and which utilizes only one press of a dedicated key.

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