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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its worldwide attention as two different nations were involved in it. This report focuses on the series of decision taken by Indian and American Governments and the UCC and various other institutes involved in the issue and analysis of decision making psychologies behind those decisions. Last verdict is given by Bhopal Magistrate in 2010‚ so this report covers all the different decisions taken by different institutes from December 1984 to the last verdict by Bhopal Magistrate. Various references
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Managers cannot always make right decisions‚ but they can use their knowledge of appropriate decision-making processes to increase the rest. Decision making has been an important procedure in the management whatever in planning‚ organising‚ leading or controlling‚ whereas‚ biases affected managers’ process of decision making usually. This essay will focus on the areas of biases relevant to the decision making‚ the contents are comprised of the types of biases to decision making‚ the disadvantages of biases
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category People judge the probability of a hypothesis by considering how much the hypothesis resembles (is representative for) available data Prospect theory (k&T‚ 1979) The theory describes the decision processes in two stages: editing and evaluation. During editing‚ outcomes of the decision are ordered following certain heuristic. In particular‚ people decide which outcomes they see as identical‚ set a reference point and then consider lesser outcomes as losses and greater ones as gains
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customers make their purchase decision is a very important issue for a company. It can bring numerous influences to companies for establishing an appropriate marketing strategy. Therefore‚ the research of each stage of buyer decision process is relevant for all the marketers. Teo and Yeong (2003) point out that the setting up of buyer decision process model can help managers to understand and forecast consumer behaviours‚ and thereby they can make effective decision for providing more acceptable
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Decision Making Process 521 May 13‚ 2011 Scenario In January of 2007 new hired employee of Walmart Chalace Epley Lowry reported senior executive Mona Williams of using insider information to profit on stock options. Lowery had just completed employee training and in that training Walmart’s code of ethics was vigorously stressed. The training encouraged employees to report any unethical business practices or conduct of any employee no matter their status. With these values etched into
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Today is the day I go on my first trail drive. My job is to work the night shifts. I guess you could say I’m a "nighthawk". My crew and I are headed to Central Kansas with about seventy head of cattle. We are traveling along the Chisolm Trail. My buddy ‚Bengi‚ said‚ "This is not gonna be a short‚easy drive." I sure hope my first drive turns out successfully. This morning was really easy for me. I woke up early and ate biscuits and gravy. Yum! It was so delicious. Our cook has really good taste
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making decisions under risky conditions. For example‚ as a contractor my husband has been laid off twice in the past three years‚ however we decided to buy a house. There were many things that could have happened that would have ended our dream‚ but in the end it all worked out and it was worth the risk. 3-17 (use QM) ( a) What type of decision is Ken facing? Ken is facing a decision under uncertainty. ( b) What decision criterion should he use? Since Ken is an optimistic decision maker
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.:VirtualSalt Introduction to Decision Making‚ Part 1 Robert Harris Version Date: June 9‚ 2012 Previous versions: December 2‚ 2009‚ October 17‚ 2008; July 2‚ 1998 We all make decisions of varying importance every day‚ so the idea that decision making can be a rather sophisticated art may at first seem strange. However‚ studies have shown that most people are much poorer at decision making than they think. An understanding of what decision making involves‚ together with a few effective techniques
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McDonald’s Ethical Dilemma Are McDonald’s‚ Motor City and Starbucks at fault in situations such as these‚ in my opinion absolutely not? I remember I read a story about a case similar to this one‚ a couple‚ the McMahons was on a trip and stopped for coffee‚ the coffee spilled and the wife suffered burns. They sued the makers of the brewing machine saying it was brewing the coffee too hot. The trial was taken to court and although the court sympathized with the McMahons they believed that it
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