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This 8 page paper considers how Decision Support Systems may be deigned to help with disaster planning for earthquakes. The paper looks at how the system may be developed to predict and monitoring earthquake activity, including Early Warning Systems, to help with determining emergency procedures and evacuation policy after the earthquake struck and help plan the relief operation in the aftermath of the disaster. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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File: TS14_TEDSSearth.rtf
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due to the damage and the after effects of the earthquake. The historical approach to disaster planning has been the use of loss estimation and seeking to plan in such
a way as that prior to the earthquake the potential for loss would be minimised with projects based on existing knowledge and scenarios examined based on that knowledge (Algermissen et
al, 1988). The basis of the system was existing knowledge such as the geology of the region and the seismology of the area with the presentation was often in the
form of a document and maps tat are then used for planning. This resulted in an approach that was focused on a single event and it was the pre-event period
that the attention was focus in terms of safety planning (Goltz et al, 2001). The development of technology is developing a greater potential to help plan for disasters. This indicates
the task of predicting and monitoring of seismic activity in order to obtain early warnings, plan emergency procedures including evacuation after the earthquake and the management of emergency services as
well as to aid with relief planning. One approach is to have a carefully designed decision support systems. A decision support
system (DSS) is software that is capable of using complex analytical models that can help support the decision making functions, helping both structures and semi structured decision making processes. The
interface is typical user friendly and will present a range of options or outcomes from option in a graphical form. DSS is a more advanced for of aid than management
support systems. (MSS) it is more designed for interaction with a range of users has more tools available for more in-depth analyses and during the design process, unlike MSS, DSS
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