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Applications of GIS in Business Decision Making: The Case of Egypt

by Ahmed Adel Ismael, Mohamed Sharif Bashir
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 94 - Number 14
Year of Publication: 2014
Authors: Ahmed Adel Ismael, Mohamed Sharif Bashir
10.5120/16413-6044

Ahmed Adel Ismael, Mohamed Sharif Bashir . Applications of GIS in Business Decision Making: The Case of Egypt. International Journal of Computer Applications. 94, 14 ( May 2014), 31-36. DOI=10.5120/16413-6044

@article{ 10.5120/16413-6044,
author = { Ahmed Adel Ismael, Mohamed Sharif Bashir },
title = { Applications of GIS in Business Decision Making: The Case of Egypt },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { May 2014 },
volume = { 94 },
number = { 14 },
month = { May },
year = { 2014 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 31-36 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume94/number14/16413-6044/ },
doi = { 10.5120/16413-6044 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to design a geospatial database that can help decision makers select the most perfect locations. The present paper also analyzes GIS application with special reference to business administration. The decision makers in business can easily visualize or trace the result that can support the decision making process for choosing the more profitable places or zones areas to open a new branch out of the suggested districts that contain the most of all traffic generators, most of all high-traffic count accessibility, and targeted customers. The present paper also aims to protect decision makers from making a random or subjective decision. The present paper can help to apply the developed GIS to some case studies in the field of business, such as site selection, and evaluate their benefits in supporting business decision making. In this paper, Alexandria, a city in Egypt, is selected to act as a case study, for the design and implementation of a GIS application in distribution strategy for a fast-food restaurant called X.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

GIS business administration spatial database spatial analysis geographic information geospatial database.