Knowledge-centered design of decision support systems for emergency management

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 336-347

  Fogli, Daniela ^a   Guida, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Emergency management; Knowledge engineering; Knowledge centered design

Indexed keywords

DESIGN METHODOLOGY; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENT IDENTIFICATION; ITERATIVE PROCESS; PANDEMIC FLU; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; STRUCTURED APPROACH; USER-CENTERED;

CIVIL DEFENSE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISASTERS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; RISK MANAGEMENT;

DESIGN;

EID: 84877727444     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2013.01.022     Document Type: Article

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