Bsat 303 Final Study Guide 1
Roman G. Fall 2012 bsat 303: Final Exam Study Guide
Note: The study guide should be used along with the classroom lectures I posted to Moodle, your personal notes from my lectures, and the information found within the chapters.
HTML (Basic knowledge and example code) o Tags, Hyperlinks, Emails, Images o HTML – the language you use to create a Web site
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Hyperlink <a href=“www.mtv.com”>Visit MTV</a>
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To insert an image <img src=“filename.extension”>
Steps in Decision Support Systems o Decision support system (DSS) – a highly flexible and interactive system that is designed to support decision making when the problem is not structured o Decision support systems help you analyze, but you must know how to solve the problem, and how to use the results of the analysis
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Model management component – consists of both the DSS models and the model management system o Data management component – stores and maintains the information that you want your DSS to use o User interface management component – allows you to communicate with the DSS
Types of Decisions (Structured, Nonstructured, Recurring, Nonrecurring) o Structured decision – processing a certain information in a specified way so that you will always get the right answer o Nonstructured decision – one for which there may be several “right” answers, without a sure way to get the right answer o Recurring decision – happens repeatedly o Nonrecurring (ad hoc) decision – one you make infrequently
Artificial Intelligence, Geographic information System, Expert System, Swarm intelligence o Artificial intelligence, the science of making machines imitate human thinking and behavior, can replace human decision making in some instances
Expert systems
Neural networks (and fuzzy logic)
Roman G. Fall 2012
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Genetic algorithms
Intelligent agents (or agent-based technologies)
Geographic information system (GIS) – DSS designed specifically to analyze spatial information
Spatial
Note: The study guide should be used along with the classroom lectures I posted to Moodle, your personal notes from my lectures, and the information found within the chapters.
HTML (Basic knowledge and example code) o Tags, Hyperlinks, Emails, Images o HTML – the language you use to create a Web site
o
Hyperlink <a href=“www.mtv.com”>Visit MTV</a>
o
To insert an image <img src=“filename.extension”>
Steps in Decision Support Systems o Decision support system (DSS) – a highly flexible and interactive system that is designed to support decision making when the problem is not structured o Decision support systems help you analyze, but you must know how to solve the problem, and how to use the results of the analysis
o o
Model management component – consists of both the DSS models and the model management system o Data management component – stores and maintains the information that you want your DSS to use o User interface management component – allows you to communicate with the DSS
Types of Decisions (Structured, Nonstructured, Recurring, Nonrecurring) o Structured decision – processing a certain information in a specified way so that you will always get the right answer o Nonstructured decision – one for which there may be several “right” answers, without a sure way to get the right answer o Recurring decision – happens repeatedly o Nonrecurring (ad hoc) decision – one you make infrequently
Artificial Intelligence, Geographic information System, Expert System, Swarm intelligence o Artificial intelligence, the science of making machines imitate human thinking and behavior, can replace human decision making in some instances
Expert systems
Neural networks (and fuzzy logic)
Roman G. Fall 2012
o
o
o
Genetic algorithms
Intelligent agents (or agent-based technologies)
Geographic information system (GIS) – DSS designed specifically to analyze spatial information
Spatial