A Tool for Training and Assistance in Emergency Response Planning

This paper presents research on developing a new type of software tool for training and assisting the personnel in emergency response planning. The tool, called Disciple-VPT, will include a library of virtual planning experts, each with a certain level of expertise (such as basic, intermediate or advanced) in one of the 15 emergency support functions defined by the US National Response Plan. Disciple-VPT can be used in a variety of training exercises where responders learn from virtual experts how to collaborate in emergency response planning. The development of Disciple-VPT is facilitated by the Disciple-VE learning agent shell that can be taught by a subject matter expert how to plan, trough examples and explanations, in a way that is similar to how the expert would teach an apprentice.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: HICSS
• Authors: Gheorghe Tecuci, Mihai Boicu, Thomas Hajduk, Dorin Marcu, Marcel Barbulescu, Cristina Boicu, Vu Le
• Keywords: Biometrics, Emergency Response Planning, HICSS 2007, National Response Plan, System Sciences, Virtual Planning Experts