Technological and analytical review of contact tracing apps for COVID-19 management

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2021-03-10 DOI:10.1080/17489725.2021.1899319

Rajan Gupta, G. Pandey, Poonam Chaudhary, S. Pal

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Role of technology is improving for COVID-19 management all around the world. Usage of mobile applications, web applications, cloud computing, and related technologies have helped many public administrators worldwide manage the current pandemic. Contact tracing applications are such mobile app solutions that are used by more than 100 countries today. This study presents a structured research review-based framework related to multiple contact tracing applications. The various components of the framework are related to technological working, design architecture, and feature analysis of the applications, along with the analysis of the acceptance of such applications worldwide. Also, components focusing on the security features and analysis of these applications based on Data Privacy, Security Vetting, and different attacks have been included in the research framework. Many applications are yet to explore the analytical capabilities of the data generated through contact tracing. The various use-cases identified for these applications are detecting positive case probability, identifying a containment zone in the country, finding regional hotspots, monitoring public events & gatherings, identifying sensitive routes, and allocating resources in various regions during the pandemic. This study will act as a guide for the users researching contact tracings applications using the proposed four-layered framework for their app assessment.

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在全球范围内，技术在COVID-19管理中的作用正在提高。移动应用程序、web应用程序、云计算和相关技术的使用帮助全球许多公共管理人员管理当前的大流行。接触追踪应用程序就是这样的移动应用程序解决方案，目前已有100多个国家使用。本研究提出了一个结构化的基于研究综述的框架，涉及多个接触者追踪应用。该框架的各种组件与技术工作、设计体系结构和应用程序的特性分析相关，并分析这些应用程序在世界范围内的接受程度。此外，研究框架中还包含了基于数据隐私、安全审查和不同攻击的安全特性和分析组件。许多应用程序尚未探索通过接触追踪产生的数据的分析能力。为这些应用程序确定的各种用例包括检测阳性病例概率、确定该国的隔离区、查找区域热点、监测公共事件和集会、确定敏感路线以及在大流行期间在各个地区分配资源。本研究将为用户研究使用建议的四层框架进行应用程序评估的接触追踪应用程序提供指导。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.