Enhancing creativity in risk assessment of complex sociotechnical systems

Abstract

We propose the CREAM (CREAtivity Machine) software system to enhance the creativity of experts during vulnerability and risk assessment of complex sociotechnical systems. Our assumption is that a new idea related to a risk can be represented as a fragment of a conceptual model, here named risk mini-model, that can be generated by means of an ontology-based approach for computational creativity. In our solution risk mini-models activate a creative process for stakeholders to identify and understand risks. The whole set of risk mini-models for a specific risk constitutes a risk conceptual model. Such models are included in a knowledge base together with a domain ontology and a set of rules.