3 Land Use Planning 10 3.1 The Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.2 The AEZ Land Use Allocation Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.2.1 A Summary of the AEZ Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.2.2 The core model constraint set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3.2.3 Decision variables . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Many contingencies, both natural and man-made, have taught people that well coordination of organizations involved in emergency is most critical for effective response, and decisions ought to be made on the foundation of a synthetical analysis of data from multiple sources. These lessons bring new requirements for emergency Decision Support System (DSS), which include the capability of integrat...

1. ABSTRACT In this paper, we discuss a tool for eliciting domain knowledge (specification) of a decision support system. In particular, we focus on a decision support software system (DSS) which employs domain knowledge of recidivism in the juvenile justice system. Using the elicited domain knowledge, the DSS tool uses deductive reasoning techniques to make inferences and provide suggestive co...

Measurement of provider adherence to a guideline-based decision support system (DSS) presents a number of important challenges. Establishing a causal relationship between the DSS and change in concordance requires consideration of both the primary intention of the guideline and different ways providers attempt to satisfy the guideline. During our work with a guideline-based decision support sys...

The potential suite of decision support system (DSS) applications deployed by organizations is dynamic and change with advances in computer technology. An understanding of DSS applications is important in planning organization strategy or creating a roadmap that encompasses these changes. This research effort examines the definition of DSS, the assimilation of information technology in organiza...

A value chain is a series of events that takes a raw material and with each step adds value to it. Global interest in the application of natural gas (NG) in production and transportation has grown dramatically, representing a long-term, low-cost, domestic, and secure alternative to petroleum-based fuels. Many technological solutions are currently considered on the market or in development, whic...

DSS was once a revolutionary idea, but in the intervening decades the original issues that led to the DSS movement have receded to ancient history. Declaring victory on the initial DSS agenda raises questions about whether DSS today is anything other than an umbrella term for disparate types of systems whose main commonality involves overlapping interests of researchers rather than substantive ...

Combining an open source Geographical Information System like GRASS-GIS, Mapserver, and the computer languages Perl and PHP it was developed a flexible Decision Support System (DSS) based on fuzzy logic. The DSS researched use data gathered from a current research and demonstration project, concerning the distribution of the Olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae) according to several environmental ...

The integration of a Data Warehouse and a Decision Support System (DSS) can provide construction managers with sufficient information for decision making without interrupting daily work of an On-Line Transaction Processing system. In this paper, the concepts of the data warehouse, On-Line Analysis Processing and DSS are first reviewed. The method of creating a data warehouse is then shown, chan...

vegetation cover over time and space is the result of interactions betweenvegetation cover and environmental factors. changes occurred in range covers are caused bymatrix dominance, one of the most important environmental factors. decision support system(dss) could be used for determining the rate and importance of each factor. actually, inmethods based on dss, relations between input and outpu...