Please note: The algorithm descriptions in English have been automatically translated. Errors may have been introduced in this process. For the original descriptions, go to the Dutch version of the Algorithm Register.
Crisis tutorial
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- Impactful algorithms
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- In use
General information
Theme
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Contact information
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Responsible use
Goal and impact
The aim of the app is to support decision-making during - and in preparation for - crisis. The app can be downloaded from the various app stores. People can then ask crisis-related questions. This in the context of resilience. Primarily, the app is intended for professionals working on crisis management. It can provide guidelines and ideas on how to act during a crisis and support you with this. It is important that the user ultimately decides.
Considerations
The app has been developed as a pilot to see if decision-making during crisis management can be improved or accelerated. The user remains self-reflective and responsible. It is all about suggestions and hints. The algorithm explicitly does not make any decisions. The app only uses publicly accessible information and thus cannot access specific incident information, victim information, etc.
Human intervention
The outcomes of the algorithm are used by people to sharpen or extend their decision-making. The algorithm explicitly does not make decisions. Ultimately, humans (the user) decide how to act.
Risk management
The main risk is that the algorithm makes a suggestion or hint that is not appropriate to the crisis at hand. The algorithm is programmed to indicate if necessary that it does not know something and thus does not try to "please" the user. Filling it with the right, checked, documents and always leaving the final judgement to an expert user reduces the risk.
Legal basis
The Safety Regions Act (WVR), in particular Article 10 (tasks and powers of the safety region) and Articles 45-50 (information and communication), elaborated in the
Disasters and Crises Information Decree .
FROM THE EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM WVR.
Besides provisions for providing information to the population, the Act also contains provisions for providing information to personnel involved in combating disasters or crises and to the administrative column. The responsibilities regarding information provision are discussed below.
Links to legal bases
Elaboration on impact assessments
NIPV conducted a risk classification on 4-12-2024. This can be requested from the NIPV if necessary. The outcome of the risk classification is that this is an impactful algorithm, but not high-risk or in a prohibited form.
Operations
Data
Publicly accessible planning. Think: administrative network maps, regional risk profiles, manuals, evaluations, analyses, etc.
Technical design
This is an LLM who has been instructed to provide answers to set questions based on certain publicly available and validated sources. The instruction included that answers would be presented point by point and that if no applicable information was found, it would be so indicated.
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