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In this thesis work, we compare the results obtained from two kinds of teams forming a hierarchical organization participating in a fire fighting simulation environment called as C3Fire. First kind of teams used paper-based maps for spatial reasoning of the command tool while the other kind of teams has GIS based maps with full access to positioning data of the fire fighting units as well as sensor information about fire break. The collected data was from 11 teams of each kind having 6 members in each team making a total of 132 participants belonging to different parts of the world. We made a statistical analysis on the data with help of T-Test statistical medhod and a tool is designed by using Java as programming language and PostgreSQL database for importing data from log files and then applying statistical T-Test method on the fetching data from log files.The results are stored in database as well as excel files. Then a comparison is done to analyze the unit performance, communication and efficiency of both kinds of teams.

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I am a computer professional with 5+ years of experience in the IT industry in Pakistan and Sweden. I completed my graduation in computer engineering from Pakistan in 2004, and undergoing master studies in Sweden part-time besides my regular job.

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