Design principles for conversational agents to support Emergency Management Agencies

The interaction design for web emergency management information systems (WEMIS) is an important aspect to keep in mind due to the criticality of the domain: decision making, updating available resources, defining a task list, and trusting in proposed information. A common interaction design strategy for WEMIS seems to be needed, but currently there are few references in literature. The aim of this study is to contribute to this lack with a set of interactive principles for WEMIS. From the emergency point of view, existing WEMIS have been analyzed to extract common features and to design interactive principles for emergency. Furthermore, the authors studied design principles extracted from a well-known (DERMIS) model relating them to emergency phases and features. The result proposed here is a set of design principles for supporting interactive properties for WEMIS. Finally, two case studies have been considered as applications of proposed design principles.

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Design Principles for Crisis Information Management Systems

International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management ◽

10.4018/ijiscram.2015100102 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 26-45 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Cynthia Marie Nikolai ◽

Troy Johnson ◽

Michael Prietula ◽

Irma Becerra-Fernandez ◽

Gregory R. Madey

Keyword(s):

Emergency Management ◽

Hurricane Katrina ◽

Information Management ◽

Field Research ◽

Design Principles ◽

Management Systems ◽

Web Based ◽

Emergency Managers ◽

Information Management Systems ◽

Training And Research

Since Hurricane Katrina, a lot of research has gone into improving disaster management through the use of crisis information management systems (CIMS). There has been much interest in how to design dynamic CIMS, particularly with respect to web-based emergency management systems. In the authors' research, they set out to design and develop a distributed web-based training and research tool for emergency managers and scholars. In order to develop their training system, they needed to simulate the CIMS that emergency managers use during a crisis and with which they could run training and research simulations. This raised the question: What exactly is a CIMS, and how does one design one? In order to answer this question, the authors engaged in nine months of field research at the Miami-Dade Emergency Operations Center in Miami-Dade County, FL. Through their field research and the emergency management experience of one of the authors, they identified several additional design principles for CIMS in today's technological and communication landscape. This paper outlines the resulting recommendations.

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Interaction Design Principles for Web Emergency Management Information Systems

International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management ◽

10.4018/jiscrm.2011040104 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 48-66 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Teresa Onorati ◽

Alessio Malizia ◽

Paloma Díaz ◽

Ignacio Aedo

Keyword(s):

Information Systems ◽

Emergency Management ◽

Interaction Design ◽

Management Information Systems ◽

Design Strategy ◽

Design Principles ◽

Point Of View ◽

Management Information ◽

Common Features ◽

Task List

The interaction design for web emergency management information systems (WEMIS) is an important aspect to keep in mind due to the criticality of the domain: decision making, updating available resources, defining a task list, and trusting in proposed information. A common interaction design strategy for WEMIS seems to be needed, but currently there are few references in literature. The aim of this study is to contribute to this lack with a set of interactive principles for WEMIS. From the emergency point of view, existing WEMIS have been analyzed to extract common features and to design interactive principles for emergency. Furthermore, the authors studied design principles extracted from a well-known (DERMIS) model relating them to emergency phases and features. The result proposed here is a set of design principles for supporting interactive properties for WEMIS. Finally, two case studies have been considered as applications of proposed design principles.

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Design Principles for Crisis Information Management Systems

Digital Multimedia ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-3822-6.ch021 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 420-439

Author(s):

Cynthia Marie Nikolai ◽

Troy Johnson ◽

Michael Prietula ◽

Irma Becerra-Fernandez ◽

Gregory R. Madey

Keyword(s):

Emergency Management ◽

Information Management ◽

Field Research ◽

Design Principles ◽

Management Systems ◽

Web Based ◽

Emergency Managers ◽

Emergency Operations Center ◽

Information Management Systems ◽

Training And Research

Since Hurricane Katrina, a lot of research has gone into improving disaster management through the use of crisis information management systems (CIMS). There has been much interest in how to design dynamic CIMS, particularly with respect to web-based emergency management systems. In the authors' research, they set out to design and develop a distributed web-based training and research tool for emergency managers and scholars. In order to develop their training system, they needed to simulate the CIMS that emergency managers use during a crisis and with which they could run training and research simulations. This raised the question: What exactly is a CIMS, and how does one design one? In order to answer this question, the authors engaged in nine months of field research at the Miami-Dade Emergency Operations Center in Miami-Dade County, FL. Through their field research and the emergency management experience of one of the authors, they identified several additional design principles for CIMS in today's technological and communication landscape. This paper outlines the resulting recommendations.

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A peek in the micro-sized world: a review of design principles, engineering tools, and applications of engineered microbial community

Biochemical Society Transactions ◽

10.1042/bst20190172 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 48 (2) ◽

pp. 399-409

Author(s):

Baizhen Gao ◽

Rushant Sabnis ◽

Tommaso Costantini ◽

Robert Jinkerson ◽

Qing Sun

Keyword(s):

Microbial Community ◽

Microbial Communities ◽

Environmental Remediation ◽

Real Life ◽

Design Principles ◽

Microbial Interactions ◽

Potential Applications ◽

New Gene ◽

Global Biogeochemical Cycles ◽

Synthetic Microbial Communities

Microbial communities drive diverse processes that impact nearly everything on this planet, from global biogeochemical cycles to human health. Harnessing the power of these microorganisms could provide solutions to many of the challenges that face society. However, naturally occurring microbial communities are not optimized for anthropogenic use. An emerging area of research is focusing on engineering synthetic microbial communities to carry out predefined functions. Microbial community engineers are applying design principles like top-down and bottom-up approaches to create synthetic microbial communities having a myriad of real-life applications in health care, disease prevention, and environmental remediation. Multiple genetic engineering tools and delivery approaches can be used to ‘knock-in' new gene functions into microbial communities. A systematic study of the microbial interactions, community assembling principles, and engineering tools are necessary for us to understand the microbial community and to better utilize them. Continued analysis and effort are required to further the current and potential applications of synthetic microbial communities.

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