Decision complexity and consensus in Web-based spatial decision making: A case study of site selection problem using GIS and multicriteria analysis

Cities

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-70

  Jelokhani Niaraki, Mohammadreza ^a   Malczewski, Jacek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consensus decision making; Information load; Web based GIS MCDA

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; GIS; INFORMATION; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; SITE SELECTION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 84961296962     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2015.03.007     Document Type: Article

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