ABSTRACT
Web-based collective decision-making systems can also reduce many of the problems associated with traditional voting techniques. This chapter describes the design goals of a prototype intended to support the decision-making process. The movement toward sustainable forest management has placed a much greater emphasis on the direct inclusion of people’s values in forestry decision making. In new computer applications, the tendency is to develop programs with a strong modular orientation. If the reader would like to download the computer application before continuing, the link and instructions can be found. The online part of the application is developed through a series of input, output, and display procedures (grouped in forms) and information-processing algorithms (adapted to the programming modules). The execution of the programming elements (precalculated programs, forms, and programming modules) responds to the operational diagram shown, and its activation and sequencing are shown.
