Using Shared Procedural Knowledge for Virtual Collaboration Support in Emergency Response

A framework is described for developing and deploying procedural knowledge in emergency situations where collaboration is needed. In this framework, procedural knowledge is represented in a wiki using an informal, textual description that's marked up with formal tags based on the I-N-C-A representation for hierarchical task networks used in AI planning. The tight integration of collaborative editing with deployment is new in this system and advances knowledge engineering for planning domain (procedural) knowledge, which can reduce uncertainty in emergency situations.

Authors

• Gerhard Wickler
• Austin Tate Jeff Dalton
• Jeffrey Hansberger

Keywords

• Emergency services
• Collaboration
• Knowledge engineering
• Information services
• Electronic publishing
• Internet
• Emergency Response
• Procedural Knowledge
• Virtual Collaboration
• Field Experiments
• Course Of Action
• Disaster Management
• Development Of Knowledge
• 3D Space
• Virtual World
• Emergency Situations
• Types Of Emergencies
• Descriptive Information
• Form Of Representation
• Domain Experts
• Technological Knowledge
• Formal Description
• Complex Representations
• Traditional Group
• Planning Algorithm
• Virtual Group
• To-do List
• Specific Page
• Final Plan
• Method Name
• Planning
• Manuals
• artificial intelligence planning
• knowledge sharing