The use of scenarios and gaming in crisis management planning and training

Conference · Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:376297

Walker, W E ^[1]

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1. RAND/European-American Center for Policy Analysis, Delft (Netherlands)

This paper provides a brief introduction to scenarios and gaming. It clarifies the definitions of each, discusses their possible uses and purposes, and presents some principles of good practice. In then describes how scenarios and gaming can be used together with a computerized crisis management decision support system to provide useful tools for crisis management planning and training.

• OSTI ID: 376297
• Report Number(s): CONF-9505224-; ISBN 1-56555-079-X; TRN: IM9642%%386
• Resource Relation: Conference: International Emergency Management and Engineering Society, Nice (France), 9-12 May 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of The international emergency management and engineering conference 1995: Proceedings. Globalization of emergency management and engineering: National and international issues concerning research and applications; Sullivan, J.D. [ed.] [Optimal Systems, Inc., Dallas, TX (United States)]; Wybo, J.L. [ed.] [Ecole des Mines de Paris (France)]; Buisson, L. [ed.] [CEMAGREF, Saint-Martin d`Heres (France). Div. Nivologie]; PB: 600 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY
99 MATHEMATICS
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COMPUTER-AIDED INSTRUCTION
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
NATURAL DISASTERS
DECISION MAKING