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Agent-Oriented Approach for Detecting and Managing Risks in Emergency Situations

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

The use of Decision Support Systems (DSSs) has considerably increased, during the last decade, due to the complexity of the problems faced by the decision makers. Indeed, the need for decision support tools should be, if anything, increasing [10]. In some domains or circumstances, making a decision is an arduous task that requires some abilities exceeding the human capacities. We can think decision-making in Simon's decision making model, which consists in intelligence, design and choice [11]. Based on this model, the complexity of decision making lies in the difficulty to get a clear insight into the problem to resolve, to process the vast amount of collected information, to make the right choice in time and to harmonise finally the set of decisions made by the decision makers or the organisations. Therefore, computer-based systems may be very helpful to support decision making, especially when the environment problem is complex, dynamic and partially known.