Decision Support Systems for Safety and Security

ABSTRACT

COURSE CONTENT

Part 1: INTRODUCTION AND FUNDAMENTALS

• Introduction to information systems: from data to situational awareness
• Fundamentals of decision support systems and their role in safety and security

Part 2:: DATA ACQUISITION TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESSING METHODS

• Introduction to data structures, data management, and data storage systems
• ICT technology for distributed and pervasive monitoring: Wireless Sensor Networks, Internet of Things, and Satellites
• Key Performance Indicators for aggregating and highlighting information
• Approaches and techniques for processing, prioritizing, and reducing false-positive threats
• EXERCISES: Creating a decision support system by using plug-and-play tools

Part 3: MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING TECHNIQUES

• Solving multi-criteria decision problems through optimization
• Strategies for analyzing and presenting the results
• EXERCISES: Using optimization algorithms to solve multi-criteria problems

Part 4: DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN ACTION

• Resource optimization
• Construction site management
• Management of large civil infrastructures and smart buildings
• Prognostic and failure detection for Industry 4.0

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

• Theoretical Lessons
• e-Xam Self Assessment (each teaching class or periodically)
• MATLAB Hands-On
• e-Xam Final Assessment

FURTHER READINGS

1. V. L. Sauter, Decision Support Systems for Business Intelligence, John Wiley & Son, 2010.
2. F. Burstein, C. W. Holsapple, Handbook on Decision Support Systems, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
3. G. Rejda, M. McNamara, Principles of Risk Management and Insurance, Pearson, 2021.
4. S. Martorell, C. Guedes Soares, J. Barnett, Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009.