Decision support for emergency situations

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1-2008

Abstract

Emergency situations occur unpredictably and cause individuals and organizations to shift their focus and attention immediately to deal with the situation. When disasters become large scale, all the limitations resulting from a lack of integration and collaboration among all the involved organizations begin to be exposed and further compound the negative consequences of the event. Often in large-scale disasters the people who must work together have no history of doing so; they have not developed a trust or understanding of one another's abilities, and the totality of resources they each bring to bear have never before been exercised. As a result, the challenges for individual or group decision support systems (DSS) in emergency situations are diverse and immense. In this contribution, we present recent advances in this area and highlight important challenges that remain. © The Author(s) 2008.

Identifier

43249109256 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Information Systems and E Business Management

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10257-008-0087-z

e-ISSN

16179854

ISSN

16179846

First Page

295

Last Page

316

Issue

3

Volume

6

Grant

BSIK03024

Fund Ref

Sixth Framework Programme

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