SOFTWARE INTEGRADO DE SISTEMAS DE INFORMACIÓN GEOGRÁFICA Y SOFT COMPUTING EN PROBLEMAS DE LOCALIZACIÓN PARA ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES

Abstract

The capacity to make correct decisions could be the difference between success and failure, especially in business and engineering contexts. This issue becomes even more critical in huge projects, where decision processes are very important. For that reason decision support tools such as Multicriteria Decision Analysis have been developed.

On the other hand, the powerful computing capacity of modern computers has allowed the widespread use of such powerful and flexible tools as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), for working with a database that represents a faithfully real world. Moreover, new views in computation have appeared, such as Soft Computing (SC), which uses fuzzy logic to mathematically contextualize the language.

Combining these tools, a Decision Support System (DSS) has been developed. It is a software application which is the product of different studies relating to the optimal location of renewable energies. It allows to solve problems of optimal locations for any kind of installations considering geographical and spatial variables.