Paper Info
Title
oDMN: An Integrated Model to Connect Decision-Making Needs to Emerging Data Sources in Disaster Management.
Abstract
Disaster managers depend on timely and accurate information for task-related decision-making in highly complex and dynamic environments. New data sources, like online social media provide an increasing volume of data that promises improvements in situation awareness. But it remains difficult to focus data collection on information needs and integrate relevant information back into decision-making. In this paper, we present the observation-aware Decision Model and Notation (oDMN), which connects tasks, decisions, information and data sources based on standardized models and notations as well as on domain-specific information models. The integrated model allows for deriving information requirements and determining the impact of incoming observations on relevant tasks and decisions. To demonstrate its usefulness, we apply the model to a case centered on logistics operations during the 2015 Nepal earthquake response. The results show that the model is indeed able to formally connect tasks, decisions, information and data sources, and thus support better decision-making.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1109/HICSS.2016.361
HICSS
Keywords
Field
DocType
data acquisition,decision making,disasters,earthquakes,emergency management,information needs,Nepal earthquake response,data collection,data sources,disaster management,domain-specific information models,information needs,information requirements,logistics operations,oDMN,observation-aware decision model and notation,online social media,situation awareness,task-related decision-making,Business Process Modelling,Decision Model and Notation,Disaster Management,Humanitarian Logistics,Integrated Model,Nepal Earthquake
Data modeling,Data collection,Information needs,Situation awareness,Computer science,Decision Model and Notation,Knowledge management,Humanitarian Logistics,Information model,Business process modeling,Management science
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1060-3425
2
0.36
References 
Authors
17
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Flávio E. A. Horita1578.20
Daniel Link2101.89
João Porto de Albuquerque313725.10
bernd hellingrath46318.39