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Multicriteria Decision Analysis in Geographic Information Science

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Web-based GIS-MCDA encompasses a range of applications, in which GIS-MCDA functionality is distributed in a computer network and made available remotely through a Web interface. Mobile GIS-MCDA shares many technical considerations with Web-based GIS-MCDA, but presents a different focus. Mobile GIS-MCDA assists mobile users on mobile devices, and often employs information on the user’s current location as input to decision support. This chapter discusses Web-based and mobile GIS-MCDA tools and applications. Representative implementations of Web-based GIS-MCDA with a focus on interactive geovisualization are reviewed, Web Services-based GIS-MCDA applications outlined, and collaborative and participatory GIS-MCDA implementations described. Within mobile GIS-MCDA, we distinguish between the generic decision support functions of mobile GIS and explicitly location-based MCDA.

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Malczewski, J., Rinner, C. (2015). Web-Based and Mobile GIS-MCDA. In: Multicriteria Decision Analysis in Geographic Information Science. Advances in Geographic Information Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74757-4_12

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