Title :
A new hybrid expert-GIS for wide-area incident management
Author :
Subramaniam, Sam ; Hobeika, A.G. ; Schierer, Dan
Author_Institution :
IVHS Res. Center of Excellence, Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
Abstract :
The hybrid expert-GIS model presents a system architecture that closely represents the processes involved in traffic incident management. The model is composed of a core system consisting of an expert system and a GIS linked by a command bridge. The knowledge based system is to serve the role of several experts in incident management and assists the operator in choices of decisions during incident situations. This model captures the expertise of an entire incident management team; this is of paramount importance due to the fact that incident management is a team effort of multiple agencies and expert(s) from each participating agency. The knowledge based system is multi-modular and each module has a defined set function that enables it to serve as a decision module of the expert-GIS system. The GIS serves as the user interface and combines with it a powerful database management system
Keywords :
accidents; database management systems; geographic information systems; knowledge based systems; road traffic; traffic control; traffic information systems; database management system; decision module; expert system; expert-GIS system; geographic information systems; incident management team; knowledge based system; road traffic incident management; system architecture; wide-area incident management; Bridges; Database systems; Expert systems; Geographic Information Systems; Knowledge based systems; Knowledge management; Road transportation; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; User interfaces; Vehicle dynamics;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1994. Humans, Information and Technology., 1994 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2129-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1994.400095
