M-M role-transfer problems and their solutions

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

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 448-459

  Zhu, Haibin ^a   Zhou, MengChu ^b,c  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emergency management; Information systems; Organization; Role; Role transfer

Indexed keywords

CIVIL DEFENSE; DISASTERS; MANAGEMENT;

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION; REAL-WORLD; ROLE; ROLE TRANSFER; TRANSFER PROBLEMS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 62149086654     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2008.2009924     Document Type: Article

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