Ontology-based representation of meteorological disaster system and its application in emergency management: Illustration with a simulation case study of comprehensive risk assessment

Kybernetes

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 798-814

  Zhang, Fushen ^a   Zhong, Shaobo ^a   Yao, Simin ^a   Wang, Chaolin ^a   Huang, Quanyi ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emergency management; Meteorological disaster; Ontology based modelling; Rule based reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84968626585     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/K-10-2014-0205     Document Type: Article

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