Application of artificial intelligence in crisis management

Bc. Margarita Gicheva

Master's thesis

Abstract:

This study was done for understanding how artificial intelligence can be used for crisis management and security of public places. The research topic was chosen because of the relevance of smart security solutions installed in public spaces nowadays. The theoretical part is based on the study literature about artificial intelligence, crisis management, smart surveillance crisis prediction and intelligent security systems. The practical part is an experimental research study which was made to compare artificial computer intelligence with human intelligence in terms of time and accuracy needed for object recognition and tracking. Research was made on 10 participants who were watching 5 videos with Tobii screen-based eye tracking device. Data for study was collected and analyzed in Tobii Pro Studio, Excel and IBM SPSS Statistical tool Obtained results from the study have demonstrated that people are faster in single object recognition and tracking single object over the time and that AI is better in multiple objects tracking at the same time, since people are switching their attention and gaze from one object to another. This study showed that currently AI cannot fully replace people in crisis management and that for the most efficient work it is better to combine people and AI.

Keywords

artificial intelligence, crisis management, security, analysis, object recognition, threat detection

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 30. 11. 2020

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: Ing. Miloš Ulman, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme / field:
Systems Engineering and Informatics / Informatics