A Web-based Delphi System for Evaluating Plasma Properties

Plasma data bases are necessarily required to compute the plasma parameters, high reliable data bases are closely related with accuracy enhancement of simulations. Therefore, in this work, we developed a web-based Delphi system to obtain more accurate plasma properties such as electron-atom and electron-molecule collision cross sections. The Delphi method is a well-known structured communication technique which relies on a panel of experts. In principle, forecasts or decisions from a structured group of individuals are more accurate than those from unstructured groups. In our system, a number of plasma property experts can evaluate the plasma data using web sites that allow the process to be conducted in real-time.