Cartographic support for locational problem-solving by groups

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 721-749

  Armstrong, M P ^a   Densham, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative spatial decision making; Network map algebra; Synthetic maps

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; GIS; MAP; MAPPING; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 46649084392     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810701602252     Document Type: Article

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