Context-aware Spatial Decision Support Systems (CA-SDSS): Articulating Decision Support Systems, Business Intelligence and Recommender Systems considering the geospatial component

Abstract

Underpinned by the vertiginous progress of Informatics and Communication Technologies, new evolutions of decision technologies are coming with the consequent benefit for decision makers and users in general. The integration of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Decision Support Systems (DSS) attracted significant attention during the latest decades. Spatial DSS, Spatial Online Analytic Processing (SOLAP), Location Intelligence and Mobile GIS are illustrative examples. As foundational concepts of the approach discussed in this paper some differences and similarities among Decision Support Systems, Business Intelligence and Recommender Systems are revealed. To complement this conceptualizing the evolution of these decision systems within the framework of geospatial ones are also exposed. By integrating concepts from Spatial Decision Support Systems, Locationbased Services and Recommender Systems, a new generalized conceptual model of Context-aware Spatial Decision Support Systems (CA-SDSS) is provided.