Categorization of disaster decision support needs for the development of an integrated model for DMDSS

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-145

  Asghar, Sohail ^a   Alahakoon, Damminda ^a   Churilov, Leonid ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Disaster management systems; Model management; Model selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949088873     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219622008002843     Document Type: Article

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