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Research on the group decision-making about emergency event based on network technology

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In order to improve decision-making efficiency about emergency event, this paper proposes a novel concept, i.e., Agile-Delphi Method, which is an integration of agile decision and Delphi Method implicating that the decision-makers instantly deliver, respond, treat, and utilize information via Delphi process while conducting group decision-making about emergency event. The paper details the mechanism of group decision-making about emergency event based on network technology and Agile-Delphi Method. Finally, the paper conducts an empiric analysis taking the “111 event”, i.e., the liquid ammonia spill event happened on November 1, 2006 in a phosphorus chemical company in China, as an example.

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Project No. 90924010 supported by NSFC; Project No. 2010-JL-22 supported by“the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities”

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  1. Management School, Wuhan University of Technology, NO.125 LuoShi Rd., 430070, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China

    Kefan Xie, Gang Chen & Qian Wu

  2. Institute of Systems Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, NO.125 LuoShi Rd., 430070, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China

    Kefan Xie, Gang Chen, Qian Wu & Pan Wang

  3. Department of Production, University of Vaasa, PL 700, 65101, Vaasa, Finland

    Yang Liu

  4. School of Automation, Wuhan University of Technology, NO.125 LuoShi Rd., 430070, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China

    Pan Wang

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Project No. 90924010 supported by NSFC; Project No. 2010-JL-22 supported by “the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities”.

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Xie, K., Chen, G., Wu, Q. et al. Research on the group decision-making about emergency event based on network technology. Inf Technol Manag 12, 137–147 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10799-011-0087-4

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