Decision Support and Information Systems for Regional Development Planning
K. Fedra, Elisabeth Weigkricht, Lothar Winkelbauer · IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) · 1992
This report summarizes the results of a collaborative research and development project between IIASA's Advanced Computer Applications Project and the State Science and Technology Commission of the People's Republic of China. The project's objective was to build a computer-based information and decision support system for integrated regional development planning in Shanxi, a coal-rich province in northwestern China. The report describes the problem area, the approach to integrated development planning, the design principles of the software developments, and the status of the prototype system as it was implemented in Shanxi.