Expert Evaluation as Means of Promoting GIS Software Development

Bin Li; Qiming Zhou; Yuemin Ding; Lin Liu; Hanming Tu; Qin Tang

doi:10.1080/10824000309480584

Expert Evaluation as Means of Promoting GIS Software Development

Bin Li, Qiming Zhou, Yuemin Ding, Lin Liu, Hanming Tu, Qin Tang

Geography & Environmental Studies

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Abstract

The Chinese government invested considerable resources in developing the GIS software industry. Expert evaluation has been used as an important mechanism for assisting the distribution of R&D funds and to assess the performances of the funded projects. The expert evaluation serves as a resolution of the information asymmetry between the funding agencies and the GIS software developers. The formation of the expert committee, the formulation of the evaluation guidelines and the test questions, as well as the conduct of the evaluation contribute to the characteristics of the information obtained from the evaluation. Improvements can be made in these areas so as to enhance the quality of the evaluation and to generate positive influences on the behavior of the software developers. Meanwhile, decision makers should be aware of the advantages and limitations of the expert evaluation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	22-28
Number of pages	7
Journal	Geographic Information Sciences
Volume	9
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10824000309480584
State	Published - Dec 1 2003

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