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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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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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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period for each of the following two separate investments (round the payback period to two decimals): 1. A new operating system for an existing machine is expected to cost $260‚000 and have a useful life of five years. The system yields an incremental after-tax income of $75‚000 each year after deducting its straight-line depreciation. The predicted salvage value of the system is $10‚000. Payback period =Cost of investment/ Annual net cash flow =$260‚000/ $125‚000 =2.08 years Annual depreciation
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ECO 527 | The MBA Decision | Case 1 | Group 4 | | | | 1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? We assume that both MBA program start at the beginning of the year‚ now is the beginning of the year at his age of 28 and he can enroll both program now. The following summary table shows the information he can use to make the decision. Option | Dewey and Louis | Ritter College ‚Wilton Univ (2 year program) | Mount Perry College (1 year program) | Tuition
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Preparation Resources Module 9: Information systems and decision support systems Overview This module looks at information systems in the context of business management‚ and explores the key aspects of the various types of decision support systems. It begins with an introduction to the three types of management decision support systems — management information systems (MIS) (operational)‚ decision support systems (DSS) (tactical)‚ and executive support systems (ESS) (strategic). The functions of managers
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Mini Case - The MBA Decision 1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? Ben’s age is a very important factor which can affect his decision to get an MBA degree. Firstly‚ Ben is now 28 years old and expects to work for 40 more years. So he has an expected work life of 68 years. So the earlier he gets an MBA‚ the better for him. For example: probably it won’t benefit him much if he decided to get an MBA at the age of 60. No one would hire him as an investment banker even if
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The MBA Decision Ben Gates graduated from college six years ago with a finance undergraduate degree. Since Graduation‚ he has been employed in the finance department at East Coast Yachts. Although he is satisfied with his current job‚ his goal I to become an investment banker. He feels that an MBA degree would allow him to achieve this goal. After examining schools‚ he has narrowed his choice to either Wilton University or Mount Perry College. Although internships are encouraged by both schools‚
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APPLICATION OF DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM There are intellectual possessory of creating such systems in any knowledge domain. Good example is the clinical decision support system for medical diagnosis. A bank loan officer verifying the credit of a loan collector or an engineering firm that has declaration and the want to be competitive with their cost. DSS is is commonly used in business and management. Executive dashboard and other business performance software allow quick decision making‚ assimilation
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Abstract Clinical decision-support systems (CDSS) apply best-known medical knowledge to patient data for the purpose of generating case-specific decision-support advice. CDSS forms the cornerstone of health informatics research and practice. It is an embedded concept in almost all major clinical information systems and plays an instrumental role in helping health care achieve its ultimate goal: providing high quality patient care while‚ at the same time‚ assuring patient safety and reducing
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