Spatial decision support systems: Exploring differences in pilot-testing with students vs. professionals

• Published in: Computers, environment and urban systems Vol. 72; pp. 204 - 211
• Main Authors: Rodela, Romina, Pérez-Soba, Marta, Bregt, Arnold, Verweij, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2018; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: convenience samples; Convenience sampling; Data collection; Decision making; DSS; Environmental issues; Feedback; Pilot-testing; Sampling; SDSS; Spatial decision support systems; Students; Students as research subjects; Support systems; Urban areas; Decision-making; Spatial decision support systems; Convenience sampling; Students as research subjects; Pilot-testing; Environmental issues

This study explores the implications of engaging students, versus professionals/experts, in pilot-testing of SDSS, and discusses likely differences in terms of expected outcomes for the given pilot-test. To this end we use data collected during two pilot tests of a novel SDSS that was developed by m...