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Obtaining reliable information for decision-making to prepare and respond to disasters is difficult. Governments and humanitarian organizations often have to plan complex disaster responses based on forecasts or without having reliable field assessments. Decision aid models can help governments and humanitarian organizations by improving their forecasts during disaster preparedness and by facilitating data collection during field assessments in disaster response. Decision aid models can also facilitate collaboration and coordination between different parties involved in disaster management. This book is an academic study of decision aid models for disaster management.
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Pedraza-Martinez, A.J. (2013). On the Use of Information in Humanitarian Operations. In: Vitoriano, B., Montero, J., Ruan, D. (eds) Decision Aid Models for Disaster Management and Emergencies. Atlantis Computational Intelligence Systems, vol 7. Atlantis Press, Paris. https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-91216-74-9_1
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