Decision Support Systems Marek J. Druzdzel and Roger R. Flynn Decision Systems Laboratory School of Information Sciences and Intelligent Systems Program University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh‚ PA 15260 {marek‚flynn}@sis.pitt.edu http://www.sis.pitt.edu/∼dsl To appear in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science‚ Second Edition‚ Allen Kent (ed.)‚ New York: Marcel Dekker‚ Inc.‚ 2002 1 Contents Introduction Decisions and Decision Modeling Types of Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Many businesses are faced with situations that need critical analysis‚ compilation of raw data‚ circulation of precise documents and effective utilization of computer systems. Frito Lay is an example of a company who implemented various decision support systems (DSS) into their business model. A DSS is a “highly flexible and interactive IT system that is designed to support decision making when the problem is not structured.” (Haag‚ Cummins p.162) Managers require information to guide their organization
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Decision Support Systems Decision support systems are interactive‚ computer-based systems that aid users in judgment and choice activities. They provide data storage and retrieval but enhance the traditional information access and retrieval functions with support for model building and model-based reasoning. They support framing‚ modeling‚ and problem solving. Typical application areas of DSSs are management and planning in business‚ health care‚ the military‚ and any area in which management will
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Figure 1: Decision Support Systems. Retrieved from http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-images-word-cloud-dss-decision-support-system-related-items-image35542029 INTRODUCTION Decision Support System (DSS) is a computer based system which uses analytical models‚ specialized databases and aids the decision makers in making complex decisions in an organization. In the old days‚ a group of professional people in a company used to consider various factors and variables while taking a complex
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Decision Support Systems (DSS) A Decision Support System (DSS) is an information system at the management level of an organization that combines data‚ analytical tools‚ and models to support semistructured and unstructured decision-making. A DSS can handle low volume or massive databases optimized for data analysis. DSS has more power than other systems. They are built explicitly with a variety of models to analyze data or they condense large amounts of data into a form where they can be analyzed
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UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND WEB TECHNOLOGIES: A STATUS REPORT DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS‚ WORLD-WIDE WEB‚ DATA DRIVEN DSS‚ MODEL-DRIVEN DSS‚ IMPLEMENTATION. Introduction to DSS: A decision support system (DSS) is a computer-based information system that supports business or organizational decision-making activities. DSSs serve the management‚ operations‚ and planning levels of an organization and help to make decisions‚ which may be rapidly changing and not
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6.0 DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS A decision support system (DSS) is a computer-based information system that supports business or organizational decision-making activities. DSSs serve the management‚ operations‚ and planning levels of an organization and help to make decisions‚ which may be rapidly changing and not easily specified in advance. DSSs include knowledge-based systems. A properly designed DSS is an interactive software-based system intended to help decision makers compile useful information
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|| Decision Support and Expert Systems|Assignment #1 | || Introduction The following are responses to the questions for assignment #1: Review Question 6: Why is management often equated with decision-making? Management is described as “a process by which organizational goals are achieved using resources” such as people (labor)‚ capital‚ and equipment (technology); these resources must be allocated to achieve organizational goals. The degree to which management is successful is dependent
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1. What is Clinical Decision Support and how does it benefit and/or limit the use of information when caring for patient? Clinical Decision Support provides specific information to health care staffs regarding a patient health care record‚ and this support system will help provide good quality care to the patient. This system has many different tools to help the health care provider an easy ways to care for the patient such as alert system‚ clinical guidelines‚ templates‚ and even more. With this
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