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Title: System and method for integrating hazard-based decision making tools and processes

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1039564

A system and method for inputting, analyzing, and disseminating information necessary for identified decision-makers to respond to emergency situations. This system and method provides consistency and integration among multiple groups, and may be used for both initial consequence-based decisions and follow-on consequence-based decisions. The system and method in a preferred embodiment also provides tools for accessing and manipulating information that are appropriate for each decision-maker, in order to achieve more reasoned and timely consequence-based decisions. The invention includes processes for designing and implementing a system or method for responding to emergency situations.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22750
Assignee:
AlphaTrac, Inc. (Westminster, CO)
Patent Number(s):
8,140,363
Application Number:
11/416,355
OSTI ID:
1039564
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English