Using I-X process panels as intelligent to-do lists for agent coordination in emergency response

Proceedings of ISCRAM 2006 - 3rd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 272-281

  Potter, Stephen ^a   Tate, Austin ^a   Wickler, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent capabilities; Agent coordination; Domain modeling; HTN planning

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES; WEB SERVICES;

AGENT COORDINATION; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; DOMAIN MODEL; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; HTN PLANNING; MULTIPLE INSTANCES; STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

EID: 77956228485     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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