GREEN=global GREY=local HTML version of Foils prepared July 29,1995 Foil 11 Use of NII Services in Particular Applications
-- Defence and Crisis Management
From Technologies and Issues for Virtual University HPDC95 Tutorial Pentagon City -- August 1 1995. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color GIF

- Critical feature is realtime, "come as you are" adaptive linked computers and people
- Judgement support extends decision support into an "exploratorium" scenario as crises tend to be unexpected
- Major need to search community and government databases for immediate information on resource location and availability etc. Metadata(summaries) essential
- Collaboration between commander in field , specialized anchor desks (domain experts) and those in field.
- User Interface essential as user will be tired and searching unfamiliar data
- Geographical Information Systems and browsing multiple video sources (InfoVision again) will be critical as judgements will depend critically on spatial data.

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