Decision support systems for disaster management.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1985Description: 14p., 8 figs, 3 tabsSubject: Provides a conceptual framework for the employment of decision support systems (DSS) in the field of disaster management. This framework will incorporate the following dimensions: 1/ definition of DSS and its differences from MIS in the public sector; 2/ stages in the life cycle of a disaster and the types of events occurring within stages; 3/ a framework for capitalizing decision making in disaster management at various levels-operational, tactical, and strategic; 4/ a matrix of information and modeling needs of planners and decision makers within each stage; and 5/ selected examples of DSS applications and prototypes which have been developed on microcomputers which will serve to illustrate the role of DSS in the disaster management.
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Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 363.340285 WAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 005265972 |
Reprinted from Public Adminstration Review, Special Issue, 1985, pp134-146
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Provides a conceptual framework for the employment of decision support systems (DSS) in the field of disaster management. This framework will incorporate the following dimensions: 1/ definition of DSS and its differences from MIS in the public sector; 2/ stages in the life cycle of a disaster and the types of events occurring within stages; 3/ a framework for capitalizing decision making in disaster management at various levels-operational, tactical, and strategic; 4/ a matrix of information and modeling needs of planners and decision makers within each stage; and 5/ selected examples of DSS applications and prototypes which have been developed on microcomputers which will serve to illustrate the role of DSS in the disaster management.
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