Intro; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the Book; Contents; About the Authors; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Disaster Management; 1.1.1 Disaster Management Phases; 1.1.2 Post-disaster Services; 1.1.3 Post-disaster Communication; 1.2 Overview of Delay-Tolerant Networks; 1.2.1 Features; 1.2.2 Architecture; 1.2.3 Routing; 1.2.4 Applications; 1.2.5 Other Communication Systems; 1.3 Security in DTN; 1.3.1 Security Requirements; 1.3.2 Attacks on DTN; 1.3.3 Challenges in DTN Security; 1.4 Overall Objective and Contribution of the Book; References; 2 Post-disaster Need Assessment

2.1 Literature Review2.1.1 Emergency Resource Demand Forecasting; 2.1.2 PCRA-Based Techniques; 2.2 Demand Forecast Using Principal Component Regression Model; 2.2.1 Identification of Influencing Parameters; 2.2.2 Selection of Uncorrelated Influencing Parameters; 2.2.3 Formulation of Forecasting Model; 2.2.4 Performance Analysis; 2.3 Utility Enumeration Through Utility Function; 2.3.1 Deriving the Utility Function; 2.4 Enumerating Resource Utility-An Illustrative Example; 2.5 Conclusion; References; 3 Need Accumulation Over DTN; 3.1 Literature Review; 3.1.1 Human Mobility Characteristics

3.1.2 Post-disaster Volunteer Movement3.2 System Model; 3.2.1 Network Architecture; 3.2.2 Distribution of Volunteers; 3.2.3 Interaction Pattern of Volunteers; 3.3 Opportunistic Knowledge Sharing Scheme; 3.3.1 Local Knowledge Acquisition; 3.3.2 Local Knowledge Sharing and Regional Knowledge Acquisition; 3.3.3 Regional Knowledge Sharing and Global Knowledge Acquisition; 3.3.4 Global Knowledge Sharing; 3.3.5 Algorithm; 3.3.6 Expected Generation Time for Global View of Resource Needs; 3.4 Performance Analysis; 3.4.1 Qualitative Analysis; 3.4.2 Quantitative Analysis; 3.5 Conclusion; References

4 Resource Planning4.1 Literature Review; 4.1.1 CBR-Driven Resource Demand Forecasting; 4.1.2 Resource Allocation; 4.2 Case-Based Reasoning-Driven Need Validation Technique; 4.2.1 Case-Based Reasoning; 4.2.2 Demand Validation Using CBR; 4.2.3 Performance Analysis; 4.3 Utility-Based Integer Programming Model for Optimal Resource Allocation; 4.3.1 Parameters and Variables; 4.3.2 Minimizing Overall Resource Deficit; 4.3.3 Minimizing Total Resource Deployment Time; 4.3.4 Solution of the Integer Programming Models; 4.3.5 Performance Analysis; 4.4 Conclusion; References

5 Reliable Data Dissemination over DTN5.1 Literature Review; 5.1.1 Cryptographic Strategies; 5.1.2 Trust-Based Strategies; 5.1.3 Secured Keyword Search; 5.2 Multilayer Encryption and Hashing-Based Scheme; 5.2.1 System Model; 5.2.2 Group-Based Distributed Authentication; 5.2.3 Multilayer Hashed Encryption; 5.2.4 Performance Analysis; 5.3 SAGE-PRoPHET: Security-Aided and Group Encounter-Based PRoPHET Routing Protocol; 5.3.1 System Model; 5.3.2 Categorizing Situational Messages Using PEKS; 5.3.3 Adapting PRoPHET for Group Encounter-Based Routing