An unstructured information management system (UIMS) for emergency management

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 12743-12758

  Lee, W B ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Wang, W M ^a   Cheung, C F ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Emergency management; Knowledge elicitation; Knowledge management; Knowledge based system; Multi faceted navigation; Unstructured information management

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DECISION MAKERS; DEGREE OF CORRELATIONS; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT DECISION-MAKING; KNOWLEDGE FLOW; NATURAL DISASTERS; RELATIONSHIP MODEL;

CIVIL DEFENSE; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

DISASTERS;

EID: 84865023331     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.02.037     Document Type: Article

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