Do users ignore spatial data quality? A decision-theoretic perspective

Risk Analysis

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1599-1610

  Van Oort, P A J ^a   Bregt, A K ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; Error propagation; GIS; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RISKS;

ERROR PROPAGATION; RISK ANALYSIS (RA); SPATIAL DATA;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ERROR ANALYSIS; GIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; HYPOTHESIS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 31944450822     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2005.00678.x     Document Type: Review

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