Integrating scenario-based reasoning into a multi-criteria decision support system for emergency management

Advanced ICTs for Disaster Management and Threat Detection: Collaborative and Distributed Frameworks

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 221-236

  Comes, Tina ^a   Hiete, Michael ^a   Wijngaards, Niek ^b   Schultmann, Frank ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Thales Research and Technology Netherlands D CIS Lab   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79952089752     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-987-3.ch014     Document Type: Chapter

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