FiReS: an agent based reasoning system for post-disaster response recommendations
摘要
The growing frequency and severity of natural disasters underscore the need for advanced decision-support systems capable of generating adaptive, context-aware response recommendations. However, the effectiveness of such systems is often constrained by data heterogeneity and limited situational awareness, limiting first responders’ ability to assess evolving conditions and make data-driven decisions. These limitations can result in inefficiencies across critical operations, including search and rescue, medical assistance, evacuation planning, and resource allocation. In response to these challenges, this study introduces the First Responders System (FiReS), an agent-based reasoning framework for generating adaptive, context-aware recommendations in post-disaster scenarios. The system integrates semantically harmonized disaster data with case-based reasoning, rule-based inference, and probabilistic methods to support informed decision-making under uncertainty and evolving conditions. Recommendations are stored in the RDF repository, forming a structured feedback loop that iteratively enhances response strategies and strengthens the system’s adaptive learning capabilities. The system was validated through a machine learning-driven evaluation of its semantic integration and scenario-based assessment of its adaptive reasoning, confirming its effectiveness in generating context-aware disaster response recommendations.