A service oriented architecture for decision support systems in environmental crisis management

Vescoukis, V; Doulamis, N; Karagiorgou, S

dc.contributor.author	Vescoukis, V	en
dc.contributor.author	Doulamis, N	en
dc.contributor.author	Karagiorgou, S	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:07:29Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:07:29Z
dc.date.issued	2012	en
dc.identifier.issn	0167739X	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/29562
dc.subject	Computer applications	en
dc.subject	Crisis management	en
dc.subject	Decision support	en
dc.subject	Environmental modeling	en
dc.subject	Service oriented architectures	en
dc.subject.other	Added-value services	en
dc.subject.other	Architectural frameworks	en
dc.subject.other	Crisis management	en
dc.subject.other	Crisis management systems	en
dc.subject.other	Decision supports	en
dc.subject.other	Distributed sensor	en
dc.subject.other	Dynamic configuration	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental crisis	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental modeling	en
dc.subject.other	Forest fires	en
dc.subject.other	Geo-spatial	en
dc.subject.other	Geospatial data set	en
dc.subject.other	Heterogeneous platforms	en
dc.subject.other	Natural disasters	en
dc.subject.other	Presentation tools	en
dc.subject.other	QoS requirements	en
dc.subject.other	Real time	en
dc.subject.other	Real time capability	en
dc.subject.other	Real-world implementation	en
dc.subject.other	Research agenda	en
dc.subject.other	Research challenges	en
dc.subject.other	Service Oriented	en
dc.subject.other	Service selection	en
dc.subject.other	Simulation model	en
dc.subject.other	Spatial data	en
dc.subject.other	Artificial intelligence	en
dc.subject.other	Computer applications	en
dc.subject.other	Computer architecture	en
dc.subject.other	Decision making	en
dc.subject.other	Decision support systems	en
dc.subject.other	Deforestation	en
dc.subject.other	Disasters	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental management	en
dc.subject.other	Information services	en
dc.subject.other	Middleware	en
dc.subject.other	Planning	en
dc.subject.other	Quality of service	en
dc.subject.other	Research	en
dc.subject.other	Three dimensional	en
dc.subject.other	User interfaces	en
dc.subject.other	Web services	en
dc.subject.other	Service oriented architecture (SOA)	en
dc.subject.other	Artificial Intelligence	en
dc.subject.other	Computers	en
dc.subject.other	Decision Making	en
dc.subject.other	Disasters	en
dc.subject.other	Information Retrieval	en
dc.subject.other	Planning	en
dc.subject.other	Standards	en
dc.title	A service oriented architecture for decision support systems in environmental crisis management	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.future.2011.03.010	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2011.03.010	en
heal.publicationDate	2012	en
heal.abstract	Efficient management of natural disasters impose great research challenges to the current environmental crisis management systems in terms of both architecture and services. This is mainly due to the fact that a large amount of geospatial content is usually distributed, non-compliant to standards, and needs to be transmitted under a QoS guaranteed framework to support effective decision making either in case of an emergency or in advance planning. Incorporating real time capabilities in Web services, both in terms of dynamic configuration and service selection, is an open research agenda. The things get worst in geospatial context due to the huge amount of data transmitted from distributed sensors under heterogeneous platforms, making the need of synchronization an important issue. In this paper, we propose a flexible service oriented architecture for planning and decision support in environmental crisis management. The suggested architecture uses real time geospatial data sets and 3D presentation tools, integrated with added-value services, such as simulation models for assisting decision making in case of emergency. The proposed architectural framework goes beyond integration and presentation of static spatial data, to include real time middleware that is responsible for selecting the most appropriate method of the available geospatial content and service in order to satisfy the QoS requirements of users and/or application. A case study of a complete, real world implementation of the suggested framework dealing with forest fire crisis management system is also presented. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.	en
heal.journalName	Future Generation Computer Systems	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.future.2011.03.010	en
dc.identifier.volume	28	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	593	en
dc.identifier.epage	604	en