Development of a conceptual GIS model to support management decision making

Abstract

Abstract Making (identifying) the right decision, just making a decisionis a choice from a variety of acceptable alternatives, depending on various factors, one in which the effective value is optimized. If a decision maker (DM) or a decision support system (DSS) can isolate a control parameter with unconditional preference that is relevant and most fully characterizing the properties of the system (process, object), it can be considered an objective function, subject to certain restrictive (by an acceptable set, resources) conditions. A similar problem is single-criterion, solved by classical methods of the decision theory. Decision-making tasks can be solved by a sequence of steps, a procedure: generation of acceptable options, selection of relevant criteria, search for an acceptable choice, its evaluation. In solving the problems of the decision support system (DSS), the decision-maker is usually involved - an expert, an analyst with competencies in the subject area and evaluating options, a consultant who helps to formulate acceptable options. The article discusses the development of a conceptual model of a geographic information system to support managerial decision-making. The basis of such GIS is an automated mapping system.