A Framework for Designing a Global Information Network for Multinational Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 427-442

  Bui, Tung ^a   Cho, Sungwon ^a   Sankaran, Siva ^b,c   Sovereign, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis management; Decision and negotiation support; Information management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034380463     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010074210709     Document Type: Article

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