Application of domain ontology for decision support in medical emergency coordination

14th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2008

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages 3364-3373

  Sujanto, Fonny ^a   Burstein, Frada ^a   Ceglowski, Andrzej ^a   Churilov, Leonid ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision support; Domain ontology; Emergency management; Process modelling

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DECISION SUPPORTS; DOMAIN ONTOLOGIES; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; MEDICAL EMERGENCY; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PROCESS MODELLING;

ACCIDENTS; CIVIL DEFENSE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISASTERS; DISEASES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84870272451     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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