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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Decision Support and Business Intelligence Systems‚ 9e (Turban) Chapter 7 Text and Web Mining 1) DARPA and MITRE teamed up to develop capabilities to automatically filter text-based information sources to generate actionable information in a timely manner. ANSWER: ??? Diff: 2 Page Ref: 288 2) A vast majority of all business data are captured and stored in structured text documents. ANSWER: ??? Diff: 2 Page Ref: 289 3) Text mining is important to competitive advantage because knowledge
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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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Assignment 4: Decision Support Systems Making decisions concerning complex systems (e.g.‚ the management of organizational operations‚ industrial processes‚ or investment portfolios; the command and control of military units; or the control of nuclear power plants) often strains our cognitive capabilities. Even though individual interactions among a system’s variables may be well understood‚ predicting how the system will react to an external manipulation such as a policy decision is often difficult
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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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Question 2 How do information systems support the major business functions? a. Sales Marketing and Finance b. Logistic and Human Resource c. Describe with some examples that your familiar with Answer An information system (IS) is an arrangement of people‚ data‚ processes‚ and information technology that interact to collect‚ process‚ store and provide as output the information needed to support an organization. Information systems and organizations influence one another. Information systems are
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information system and a decision support system. Why are decision support systems suited for executive decision making? Why must an executive support system be flexible and easy to use? Both management information systems and decision support systems generate information that help make daily decisions within a business that are fast and efficient to produce productivity. Decision support systems are suited for executives because executives make many unstructured business decisions that requires
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1. Decision support systems and business intelligence The repaid changing and increasingly complex business environment drive companies to operate innovatedly. However‚ these situations require the company to make more important decisions that need a substantial amount of data‚ information and knowledge.Norfolk southern has set an expample by taking advantage of data warehousing technologies to support decision making and gain success. This kind of computerized support used by Norfolk southern
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Introduction to GDSS Group decision support systems (GDSS) are interactive‚ computer-based systems that facilitate solution of semi-structured and unstructured problems by a designated set of decision-makers working together as a group. A GDSS can assist groups‚ especially groups of managers‚ in analyzing problem situations and in performing group decision making tasks. GDSS include structured decision tools for tasks like brainstorming‚ commenting on ideas‚ and rating and ranking of alternatives
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Title: Analytical Decision Support System for Business Flow Objective of Study: To design a framework which can be used to input and analyze the data‚ helping the management in decision making. Scope: Analytical Decision Support System for Business Flow is an application that is designed to generate reports of the inputs provided by the management. The System would enable the management take strategic decisions regarding different functions of the company. The company
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