Title :
A visualized tool of role transfer
Author :
Zhu, Haibin ; Grenier, Matthew ; Alkins, Rob ; Lacarte, Jeffery ; Hoskins, Jordan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Math., Nipissing Univ., North Bay, ON
Abstract :
When a crisis occurs, decision makers experience high tension and must make a decision in a short time. An automated tool with accurate analysis capability would help them make correct decisions. This paper presents a visualized tool to help a decision maker understand the structure of a group based on roles and agents (or people). The significant contribution of this tool is that it provides an exact solution to check if a group is workable, and if an agent (or a person) is critical for a group. It also suggests a role transfer scheme implementing time sharing mechanisms for when there are an insufficient number of agents (people) to complete a task simultaneously. Because role transfer is a fundamental problem in management, task assignment, and training, this tool can be used in many different ways, such as, training and management. It is also a direct assistance tool for crisis responses.
Keywords :
decision making; emergency services; multi-agent systems; crisis responses; decision makers; emergency management systems; role transfer; task assignment; time sharing mechanisms; Collaborative work; Computer science; Crisis management; Disaster management; Drives; Educational institutions; Management training; Mathematics; Role transfer; Visualization; Role; crisis responses; emergency management systems; role transfer; visual tool;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2008. SMC 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2383-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1062-922X
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2008.4811623