Human information processing aspects of effective emergency incident management decision making

Decision Making in Complex Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 143-152

  McLennan, Jim ^a   Omodei, Mary ^a   Holgate, Alina ^b   Wearing, Alexander ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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