Design and evaluation of an intelligent decision support system for nuclear emergencies

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 84-111

  Papamichail, K N ^a   French, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Emergency management; ESY; Evaluation; Expert systems; Intelligent Decision Support Systems; Radiation accident; RODOS; Verification and validation methods

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; ESY; INTELLIGENT DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RODOS; VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION METHODS;

DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; EXPERT SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 25444481032     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2004.04.014     Document Type: Article

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