A Decision Support System for Emergency Management of Critical Infrastructures Subjected to Natural Hazards

2016 ◽  
pp. 362-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vittorio Rosato ◽  
Antonio Di Pietro ◽  
Luigi La Porta ◽  
Maurizio Pollino ◽  
Alberto Tofani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Support System ◽  
Critical Infrastructures

A Distributed Scenario-Based Decision Support System for Robust Decision-Making in Complex Situations

2013 ◽  
pp. 213-231
Author(s):  
Tina Comes ◽  
Niek Wijngaards ◽  
Michael Hiete ◽  
Claudine Conrado ◽  
Frank Schultmann
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Distributed System ◽  
Support System ◽  
Irrelevant Information ◽  
Informed Decision Making ◽  
Processing Information ◽  
Flexible Adaptation

Decision-making in emergency management is a challenging task as the consequences of decisions are considerable, the threatened systems are complex and information is often uncertain. This paper presents a distributed system facilitating better-informed decision-making in strategic emergency management. The construction of scenarios provides a rationale for collecting, organising, and processing information. The set of scenarios captures the uncertainty of the situation and its developments. The relevance of scenarios is ensured by gearing the scenario construction to assessing alternatives, thus avoiding time-consuming processing of irrelevant information. The scenarios are constructed in a distributed setting allowing for a flexible adaptation of reasoning (principles and processes) to both the problem at hand and the information available. This approach ensures that each decision can be founded on a coherent set of scenarios. The theoretical framework is demonstrated in a distributed decision support system by orchestrating experts into workflows tailored to each specific decision.

A Distributed Scenario-Based Decision Support System for Robust Decision-Making in Complex Situations

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 17-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina Comes ◽  
Niek Wijngaards ◽  
Michael Hiete ◽  
Claudine Conrado ◽  
Frank Schultmann
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Support System ◽  
Irrelevant Information ◽  
Informed Decision Making ◽  
Processing Information ◽  
Flexible Adaptation ◽  
Distributed Decision

Decision-making in emergency management is a challenging task as the consequences of decisions are considerable, the threatened systems are complex and information is often uncertain. This paper presents a distributed system facilitating better-informed decision-making in strategic emergency management. The construction of scenarios provides a rationale for collecting, organising, and processing information. The set of scenarios captures the uncertainty of the situation and its developments. The relevance of scenarios is ensured by gearing the scenario construction to assessing alternatives, thus avoiding time-consuming processing of irrelevant information. The scenarios are constructed in a distributed setting allowing for a flexible adaptation of reasoning (principles and processes) to both the problem at hand and the information available. This approach ensures that each decision can be founded on a coherent set of scenarios. The theoretical framework is demonstrated in a distributed decision support system by orchestrating experts into workflows tailored to each specific decision.

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