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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information in the case. However‚ the implementation issues are worthy of our consideration. 1. Why is J&J Brazil in the situation they are? Some of the reasons I have observed are as follows: • Economy plays a role in the situation that they are in now. Rapidly decaying economy and constantly changing economical and regulatory landscape prepares the necessary grounds for J&J Brazil’s downfall. For example‚ the fact that they were technologically ill-prepared to keep up with
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Introduction Now a day‚ Business System Analysis and Decision Support are using for all of layers from the company to make the decision and find the right way with company. Task 1 – 30 Marks Developing the MIS will involve investigating the overall required functions of the system and specific requirements for each type and level of manager. Describe and justify THREE ways in which these requirements can be developed. You should describe the selected methods of analysis and requirements elicitation
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Howe‚ Haliburton‚ Bentley and The Clockmaker Before his tenure as the 5th Nova Scotia Premier‚ Joseph Howe purchased and ran Halifax’s weekly NovaScotian. Encouraged by the popularity of Thomas Chandler Haliburton’s Recollections of Nova Scotia‚ which ran as a series of sketches in the newspaper‚ Howe ordered thirty-three sketches in order to publish the first and only British North American edition of The Clockmaker. Initially‚ the relationship between Howe and Haliburton was cordial and
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Ida E. Whitten was born on a small farm in Kansas and lived with her parents and a younger brother. Throughout her early years she noticed that she stuttered‚ but it was not a big deal. When she finally went to school and was around other students her stuttering became more noticeable. When Ida entered high school the anxiety and tension of her stutter became worse and lead her to develop feeling of humiliation and subordination‚ and feeling of insecurity. Her stuttering was so severe in high school
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Methods of Group Decision Making No two groups will ever function in the same way while involved in the process of decision making. Some are proactive groups while there are other groups‚ which need a driving force or a facilitator to facilitate the process. There are several methods of group decision-making. Here are some of the common methods employed in the process of decision-making: Authoritarian Style The authoritarian style is like a dictatorship‚ in which the decision ultimately
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Futures Research Methodology—V3.0 The Millennium Project THE DELPHI METHOD by Theodore J. Gordon I. History of the Method II. Description of the Method III. How to Do It IV. Strengths and Weaknesses of the Method V. Frontiers of the Method VI. Samples of Applications Bibliography The Millennium Project Futures Research Methodology—V3.0 Acknowledgments Some contents of this report have been taken‚ in some cases verbatim‚ from internal papers of The Futures Group with
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A Method of Group Decision Making By William J. Byron‚ SJ Adapted from Jesuit Saturdays: Sharing the Ignatian Spirit with Friends and Colleagues The Jesuit procedure would have each participant in the group decision-making process ask the following questions: How do I feel about the issue? What is the origin of that particular feeling? Is it from God‚ or not from God? The “not from God” feelings can be from self (from ignorance‚ obstinacy‚ indigestion)‚ from other persons (whose position on this
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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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USA Decision Analysis Publication details‚ including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://pubsonline.informs.org A Multiple-Objective Decision Analysis for Terrorism Protection: Potassium Iodide Distribution in Nuclear Incidents Tianjun Feng‚ L. Robin Keller‚ To cite this article: Tianjun Feng‚ L. Robin Keller‚ (2006) A Multiple-Objective Decision Analysis for Terrorism Protection: Potassium Iodide Distribution in Nuclear Incidents. Decision Analysis 3(2):76-93
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