Supporting Real Time Decision-Making

Introductory Note
Frada Burstein, Patrick Brézillon and Arkady Zaslavsky

Theme I: Theories of Real-Time Decision Support

Challenges of Real-Time Decision Support
Daniel J. Power

Improvisation of Model for Real-Time Decision Making
Eric W. Stein

Theme II: Tools and Technologies for Context-aware Real-Time Decision Support

Context Prediction in Pervasive Computing Systems: Achievements and Challenges
Andrey Boytsov and Arkady Zaslavsky

A Contextual Menthodology for Modelling Real-Time Decision Making Support
Patrick Brézillon

Towards Real-Time Context Awareness for Mobile Users: A Declarative Meta-Programming Approach
Seng W. Loke

The Role of Context for Crisis Management Cycle
Florence Aligne and Juliette Mattioli

The Contextual and Collaborative Dimensions of Avatar in Real-Time Decision Making
Norita Ahmad and Reza Barkhi

Theme III: Case Studies

Beyond Rationality: Information Design for Supporting Emergent Groups in Emergency Response
Tung Bui and Ina Sebastian

Dynamic Emergency Response Management for Large Scale Decision Making in Extreme Hazardous Events
Murray Turoff, Connie White and Linda Plotnick

Partially Distributed Emergency Teams: Considerations of Decision Support for Virtual Communities of Practice
Linda Plotnick, Murray Turoff and Connie White

Why Real-Time Transaction Processing Fails to Capture the Context Required for Decision Support
Fergal Carton, Frederic Adam and Patrick Brézillon

Continuous Auditing as a Foundation for Real Time Decision Support: Implementation Challenges and Successes
Robert Baksa and Murray Turoff

Towards a “Just-in-Time” Distributed Decision Support System in Health Care Research
Ziad Kobti, Anne W. Snowdon, Robert D. Kent, Gokul Bhandari, Shamual F. Rahaman, Paul D. Preney, Carol A. Kolga, Barbara Tiessen and Lichun Zhu

Context Modelling in Time Critical decision Support for Medical Triage
Shane Grigsby, Frada Burstein and Nyree Parker

Efficient Context Prediction for Decision Making in PervasiveHealth Care Environments: A Case Study
Yves Vanrompay and Yolande Berbers

On-demand Assistance in Handling Ammunition: Development of a Mobile Ammo DSS
Supavich Pengnate, Ramesh Sharda, David Biros, Michael Hass and Upton Shimp

Development of a Mobile Situation Awareness Tool Supporting Disaster Recovery of Business Operations
Pedro Antunes, Claudio Sapateiro, Gustavo Zurita and Nelson Baloian