Interactive learning of independent experts' criteria for rescue simulations

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2719-2743

  Chu, Thanh Quang ^a,b   Drogoul, Alexis ^a,b   Boucher, Alain ^a   Zucker, Jean Daniel ^b  

^a Institut de la Francophonie Pour l'Informatique   (Viet Nam)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Disaster response; Interactive learning; Multi agent simulation; Multi criteria decision making; Participatory design; Preference elicitation; Utility function

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449083574     PISSN: 0958695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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