Development and evaluation of ontology for decision support in Polish crisis management system

Abstract

ABSTRACT The article presents a summary of research and development process of Domain Ontology for Crisis Management (DO4CM). The main goal of this work is to make decisions more effective within the framework of standard procedures implemented by government and local administration in response to emerging crisis and discontinuities. Presented ontology has been validated and verified during exercises carried out by actual crisis management structures and in co-ordination with non-governmental organisations supporting the growth of Polish state strategic resilience.