When an IT device has a high degree of automation combined with flexibility of applications, there is a need to keep track of the rationality of the logical sequences applied by users so as to avoid inappropriate assumptions and venturing into decision-making where there is no underlying determination of uncertainty or the risks associated with possible outcomes. It is important to keep track of the coherence between what a user wants to achieve, the quality of information used to achieve this and the way in which information is assumed to relate in the form of knowledge expressed as functions.

EDS is an essential component of a range of applications accessible as software as a service through the NV including diagnostic, rule-based analysis and the simulation of complex biomedical systems.EDS is an important part of DFSM to inform users with assessments of the risks involved with progressing with operations when a central server or servers are down.