ISAS: a human-centric digital media interface to empower real-time decision-making across distributed systems

ABSTRACT

The Integrated Situational Awareness System (ISAS) initiative at the University of Florida Digital Worlds Institute has demonstrated an effective web services-enhanced graphically-based environment for globally-distributed operations ranging from humanitarian aid during large-scale environmental disasters to high-level collaboration and augmented decision-making in civil and coalition activities.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  J. Computer Applications
  J.7 COMPUTERS IN OTHER SYSTEMS

Keywords:
decision-making, human factors, integrated media systems, ontologies, real time, situational awareness, virtual reality