An Architecture for Integrated Spatial Decision Support Systems

Abstract

In contemporary decision processes several types of information systems become more and more important. Geographical Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, Models as well as Meta Information Systems can be combined to an Integrated Spatial Decision Support System (ISDSS) with a new dimension of possibilities for decision makers. With ISDS we provide a reference architecture to integrate already existing components into such a system, without the need to build it from scratch. Moreover we present ongoing projects where the architecture is used.