Design and Implementation of a Web-Based Collaborative Spatial Decision Support System: Organizational and Managerial Implications

Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ)

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 33-47

  Sikder, Iftikhar U ^a   Gangopadhyay, Aryya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; management; spatial decision support; Web based organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001755063     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 15337979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2002100103     Document Type: Article

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