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HEC — RS&GIS Curricula 2005
 
 
 28  
5:
  
Spatial
 
Decision Support Systems 
Course Structure: Lectures: 2 / 
Labs: 1 
Credit Hours: 3 
Prerequisites: Database Systems, Data Structures & Algorithms 
Objectives: The overall aim of this course is to provide the students with 
an understanding of decision support system and with the development of 
decision support systems. 
Course Outline: Decision Making Processes: Introduction, Major decision-
making Paradigms, Models of decision-making, Different types of problem, 
Hierarchy of decisions 
Spatial Decision-Making: Introduction, A systematic approach for solving 
spatial problems, Methods and techniques to support spatial decisions, 
Performance modeling and types of criteria, Measurement Scales, 
Uncertainty in decision making process 
Decision Support Systems: Introduction, Origin, Definition and 
components, Fundamental Phases, Characteristics and Capabilities of 
DSS, GIS and Decision Support Systems, Spatial Decision Support 
Systems,  Integration of GIS and DSS 
Multicriteria Evaluation: Criteria properties, Criteria weighting, Pair wise 
comparison, Ranking techniques, Rating techniques, Sensitivity analysis, 
Redistribution criteria weight, Option Ranking methods, Weighted 
summation, Ideal point, Rank order 
Methods and Tools for Collaborative Decision- Making: Introduction, Task 
Analysis as a Needs Assessment, System Requirement Analysis, Software 
Capabilities, Collaboration Personnel, Example Configurations for Same 
Place – Same Time Collaboration, Architectures for Implementing 
Collaborative Decision Support Systems, Hardware Architecture for Same-
Place, Same-Time Collaboration Support, Software Architecture for Same-
Place, Different-Time Collaboration Support, Hardware Architecture for 
Different-Place, Same-Time Collaboration Support, Software Architecture 
for Different-Place, Different-Time Collaboration Support, Existing DSS-
Supported Collaborative Decision -Making Software Packages, INDEX
®, 
Smart Places Series E, Active Response GIS, Geo Choice Perspective
TM 
, 
Consensus Evaluation, Conflict Analysis, Identification of Stakeholders, 
Identification of Options, Identification of Interest (criteria), Mediation and 
Negotiation Approaches, Facilitation, Consensus Evaluation 
Lab Outline: Populating a data warehouse using different loading 
facilities, running different queries for extraction of results. Populating and 
using an OLAP tool.