This may contribute to a higher quality level of civil service as a whole. Because automated and non automated information sources will have to be integrated a lot of care must be taken to fully analyze the message load in the system. Parameters of interest within the analysis of communication are source and destination, frequency, size and response delay of the communication. Given these, one can construct a set of communication classes which can be used to regulate information traffic within the system. These classes will then enable prioritization of messages as well as time and security management of messages.
Communication is the exchange of information in a common frame of reference.
To create a DSS that will cope with water management on local as well as national scales, development of a formal framework for communication is paramount. This framework should be suitable for human as well as automated processing. Attention will be given to model integration, system integration, and co-ordination aspects of water management. Given the capabilities currently demonstrated in global networks such as the internet, system connectivity is not a major problem. References Simonovic, Slobodan P. Decision support for sustainable water resources development, in Water Resources Planning in a Changing World, pp.