GIS-Supported Collaborative Decision Making: Results of an Experiment

摘要: This article addresses research questions about the sociobehavioral dynamics of geographic information system (GIS) use during collaborative decision making in small interorganizational groups. Using an experimental design a conference room setting, study human-computer-human interaction was conducted with 109 volunteer participants formed into 22 groups, each group representing multiple organizational stakeholder perspectives. The experiment involved GIS integrated criteria models to support group-based concerned selection habitat restoration sites Duwamish Waterway Seattle, Washington. Findings representative four categories investigation are presented. In first category, demonstrated that groups used maps predominantly visualize evaluation results and much less structure/design problem. Maps played only limited role various stages experiment. th...