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Intelligent Visualisation and Information Presentation for Civil Crisis Management
Author(s) -
Andrienko Natalia,
Andrienko Gennady
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
transactions in gis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.721
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9671
pISSN - 1361-1682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2007.01078.x
Subject(s) - computer science , presentation (obstetrics) , selection (genetic algorithm) , visualization , representation (politics) , information visualization , data science , emergency management , knowledge management , decision support system , knowledge base , work (physics) , data mining , artificial intelligence , engineering , medicine , mechanical engineering , politics , political science , law , radiology
This paper describes an ongoing research work on developing methods for effective visualisation support for situation analysis, decision making, and communication in the course of disaster management. The major goals are to reduce the information load of the analyst, decision maker, or information recipient without omission of anything important and to ensure quick and accurate comprehending of the information. The work embraces the issues of selection of the relevant information and defining the appropriate level of detail, data preparation (aggregation and other transformations), and selection of the appropriate methods for visual representation depending on the user's tasks or communication goals, recipient's profile, and the target presentation medium. A practical outcome from the research will be a knowledge base that can be used to support analysis, decision making, and information communication in emergency situations. A great part of the knowledge, specifically, knowledge on data transformation and representation, is generic and can be used for different applications.