Decision support for emergency situations

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 organizatio...

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Published in:Information systems and e-business management 2008-06, Vol.6 (3), p.295-316
Main Authors: Van de Walle, Bartel, Turoff, Murray
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business and Management
Collaboration
Crisis intervention
Decision making
Decision support systems
Emergencies
Emergency preparedness
Information systems
Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet)
IT in Business
Management
Management of crises
Original Article
Planning
Power
Studies
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1617-9846
1617-9854
DOI:10.1007/s10257-008-0087-z