Supporting group decision making and coordination in urban disasters relief

Journal of Decision Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-172

  Ochoa, Sergio F ^a   Neyem, Andrés ^a   Pino, José A ^a   Borges, Marcos R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contextual Information; Coordination; Emergency Management; Group Decision Support; Software Platform

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049121874     PISSN: 12460125     EISSN: 21167052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/jds.16.143-172     Document Type: Article

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