WOODSS - a spatial decision support system based on workflows

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-123

  Seffino, Laura A ^a   Medeiros, Claudia Bauzer ^a   Rocha, Jansle V ^a   Yi, Bei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE WOODSS; SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033327577     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9236(99)00039-1     Document Type: Article

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