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Ontology-based representation of meteorological disaster system and its application in emergency management: Illustration with a simulation case study of comprehensive risk assessment

Fushen Zhang (Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
Shaobo Zhong (Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
Simin Yao (Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
Chaolin Wang (Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
Quanyi Huang (Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)

Kybernetes

ISSN: 0368-492X

Article publication date: 3 May 2016

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to make research on causing mechanism of meteorological disaster as well as the components of meteorological disaster system and their semantic relationships. It has important practical significance due to the urgent need of further providing support for pre-assessment of influences of disastrous weather/climate events and promoting the level of emergency management.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper analyses the occurrence regulations and components of meteorological disasters and proposes the concept of meta-action. Ontology modelling method is adopted to describe the components and relationships among different parts comprising meteorological disaster system, and semantic web rule language is selected to identify the implicit relationships among the domain knowledge explicitly defined in ontology model. Besides, a case is studied to elaborate how to provide logic and semantic information support for comprehensive risk assessment of disastrous weather/climate events based on rule-based ontology reasoning method. It proves that ontology modelling and reasoning method is effective in providing decision makings.

Findings

This paper provides deep analyses about causing mechanisms of meteorological disasters, and implements information fusion of the components of meteorological disaster system and acquisition of potential semantic relations among ontology components and their individuals.

Originality/value

In this paper, on the basis of analysing the disaster-causing mechanisms, the meteorological disaster ontology (MDO) model is proposed by using the ontology modelling and reasoning method. MDO can be applied to provide decision makings for meteorological departments.

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Citation

Zhang, F., Zhong, S., Yao, S., Wang, C. and Huang, Q. (2016), "Ontology-based representation of meteorological disaster system and its application in emergency management: Illustration with a simulation case study of comprehensive risk assessment", Kybernetes, Vol. 45 No. 5, pp. 798-814. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-10-2014-0205

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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