Developing transportable agricultural decision support systems: Part 1. A conceptual framework

Abstract

Abstract Developers of agricultural decision support systems (DSSs) have had little guidance in constructing DSSs which could be widely used. To assist, a conceptual framework is introduced which proposes methods for making DSSs transportable so that their utility is high. This framework serves as a checklist and includes recommendations about general implementation, user interaction, data management, and models. General implementation aspects emphasize portable and public domain tools, and user interaction aspects the use of a graphical user interface (GUI); flexible data management systems play a large role in satisfying the suggested data management aspects; and an intelligent model adaptation strategy is one of the main model aspect recommendations.