Spatial Decision Support Systems

Page contents

1. About the main contributor
2. Details about the file
3. Key words
4. Index words
5. Prerequisite units
6. Subsequent units
7. Revision history

1. About the main contributor

• author: Jacek Malczewski, jmalczew@julian.uwo.ca, Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario, London, Onatrio, Canada, N6A 5C2

2. Details about the file

• current URL of file: http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/giscc/units/u127/u127.html
• supporting files (text):
• http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/giscc/units/u127/u127_f.html. Unit frame.
• http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/giscc/units/u127/u127_metadata.html. Metadata file.
• http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/giscc/units/u127/u127_notes.html. Instructor's Notes.
• http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/giscc/units/u127/u127_toc.html. Complete table of contents.
• http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/giscc/units/u127/u127_tocshort.html. Short table of contents to appear in frame.
• supporting files including 4 figures and 1 table
• all files in directory http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/giscc/units/u127/figures/
• all files in directory http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/giscc/units/u127/tables/
• last revision date: 10 September 1997
• unit title: Spatial Decision Support Systems
• unit key number: Unit 127

3. Key words

• Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS)
• Geographic Information System (GIS)
• Data base managment system (DBMS)
• Model base management system (MBMS)
• Dialog generation and managment system (DGMS)

4. Index words

• spatial decision problems
• decision-making process
• decision support
• the DDM (dialog, data, model) paradigm
• levels of technology
• componenets of SDSS
• coupling strategies

5. Prerequisite units

• 001 - GIS Awareness
• 042 - Fundamentals of computing systems
• 050 - Fundamentals of information science
• 096 - Handling uncertainty
• 110 - Spatial analysis
• 136 - Making it work

6. Subsequent units

• 128 - Exploratory spatial data analysis
• 129 - Collaborative spatial decision making
• 130 - Process modeling and simulation
• 131 - Multimedia and virtual reality
• 132 - Interoperability
• 133 - Knowledge based and expert systems
• 134 - 0bject oriented GIS

7. Revision history

• November 19, 1997 - original draft created
• November 25, 1997 - original draft posted to net
• September 10, 1998 - minor revisions by Malczewski
• October 6, 1998 - minor revisions by Kemp

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