A cognitive model of improvisation in emergency management

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 547-561

  Mendonça, David J ^a   Wallace, William Al ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive science; Decision making

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DECISION MAKING; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 34347385030     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2007.897581     Document Type: Article

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