Managing the Response to Disasters Using Microcomputers

Salvatore Belardo, Kirk R. Karwan and William A. Wallace
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Salvatore Belardo: School of Business, State University of New York-Albany, Albany, New York 12222
Kirk R. Karwan: The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27706
William A. Wallace: School of Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12181

Interfaces, 1984, vol. 14, issue 2, 29-39

Abstract: We have helped develop microcomputer-based decision aids that assist four different disaster management organizations: the American Red Cross, the United States Coast Guard, a regional emergency medical organization, and the New York State Office of Disaster Preparedness. The four systems emphasize different components of a “typical” disaster response DSS. The microcomputer itself, because of its portability and low cost, has helped to bring computer technology into this important area where it has been traditionally shunned.

Keywords: microcomputers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1984
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