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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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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Detailed Specification This is an individual piece of work. You are required to answer the following question: Do agile software development frameworks adequately provide the tools to understand both the technical and cultural requirements of a system? Development frameworks provide tools for solving technical systems problems. It is still the case that information systems fail‚ often for human‚ rather than technical reasons. Agile approaches to software development contain tools which
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Individual Advertising Campaign Brief PURPOSE: The purpose of this assignment is to give students an opportunity to show their understanding of advertising principles and apply their creativity through the strategic design of an advertising campaign concept. The designed advertising campaign will aim to address opportunities or problems identified in the ‘advertising brief’ derived from the findings of the group research report. BRIEF: Students are required to develop an advertising campaign designed
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Individual VLAN IT/242 Bob Anderson Adam Moneypenny Why Create a VLAN Due to the changes happening within the company‚ expansion of the call center‚ employees moving around within the building‚ and employees moving off site there is a need for change to the network. Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) is the most obvious choice because “the VLAN solution can help reduce costs by allowing us to purchase fewer router ports. It also gives us the flexibility of physically placing and moving our
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Individual work The passage under analysis is taken from newspaper “Newsweek”. It is a newspaper (journalistic) article is written in publicistic style. This article is about reformation of the bank system. The main idea of the text is to show the readers that timely action from the side of Japan could help to built a healthy financial system. This article is impersonal and it’s function to inform the readers. The vocabulary used in this article is neutral and common literary. Specific features
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Journal & Article Summary September 9‚ 2013 HSVC 2003 Family Relations September 9‚ 2013 SUMMARIZE THE JOURNAL: A.) Journal published four times a year in March‚ June‚ September and December. B.) The publication costs $1‚696 for 50 issues ($33.92 per issue). C.) How to subscribe‚ address‚ etc.: Go to www.springer.com All you have to do is: 1.) Search or browse the catalogue for a title you would like to order. 2.) Add the title to the shopping cart by clicking the ’add to cart’
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Essay Topic: “Perceived Organizational Support” (Eisenberger‚ Huntington Hutchinson and Sowa‚ 1986). Perceived Organizational Suppor is a useful concept for managers due to its relationship with important outcomes such as commitment. Generally speaking‚ in today’s competitive environment‚ if organizations want to keep successful and prosperous‚ which needs to learn how to keep employees (Colakoglu et al.‚ 2010). Employees are viewed as one of the most significant dimensions for most organizations
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References: Used |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 | |10. |Report (presentation‚ binding‚ paging etc) |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 | TOTAL MARKS : ( ___ / 50 ) ( ___ % / 25%) General Comment: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ----------------------- Individual Assignment (SET1)
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Contracts Shannon Tyler LAW/421 January 15‚ 2015 Robert Casey Introduction In law‚ contracts tend to be the most studied area for business majors. It is essential part of business that business owners‚ managers and entrepreneurs deal with on a day-to-day basis. According to Melvin (2011)‚ a contract is a promise or set of promises enforceable by law. So a promise made between parties that can yield consequences is nothing to play with. The potentially harmful results of these consequences is a reason
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