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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3.0 INFORMATION SYSTEM 3.1 Information System In Hotel Seri Malaysia Kangar Hotel Seri Malaysia Kangar is currently using the Guest Centrix system. Being the first Hotel Seri Malaysia branch and the earlier hotel amongst hotels in Malaysia that using and implement the Guest Centrix system in their management. Guest Centrix system has built integration with Microsoft Word‚ Microsoft Excel‚ e-mail and many other. It offers a stable and friendly user-interface‚ improved by the wary use of colour
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changed by the technology recent years because of the quantum jump in technology. People use mobile phone to connect others instead of writing letters and people use online communication software to chat with other instead of face to face talk. These are two examples of the change of people’s lives brought by the technology. However this change not only makes people’s live more convenient but also has some bad influence to the society. One of the revolutions of technology is the development of Internet
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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 from
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introduce myself as an ambitious and young computer engineer with intense desire to improve knowledge and abundant stamina. I would like to seek to improve my skill in technical knowledge by taking up advanced courses in INFORMATION SYSTEMS at your university. Information Systems is my pet subject since my childhood. Application Programming‚ Database Management‚ computer Networks and software testing and security have fascinated and engrossed me‚ ever since I joined my under graduation courses and
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raw data‚ circulation of precise documents and effective utilization of computer systems. Frito Lay is an example of a company who implemented various decision support systems (DSS) into their business model. A DSS is a “highly flexible and interactive IT system that is designed to support decision making when the problem is not structured.” (Haag‚ Cummins p.162) Managers require information to guide their organization in the right direction. DSS increases productivity‚ efficiency‚ and enhances understanding
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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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existing CSR system‚ as well as integrate all the other functions of its daily personal banking sub-systems. The banking group also need to improve its current banking proof procedures as well as explore new business opportunities such as e-banking and other network based banking services. This report will address issues that should be considered in implement stage of the system development‚ including whether RBC should use two stage installation‚ geographic roll out of the system‚ and the feasibility
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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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how they would benefit a smaller airline to become more successful or attract more clients. Part III of question - Tell us if the availability of information technology services has influenced your decision to travel on a particular airline. Part IV of question - What airline was it? The benefits of a smaller airline creating a system(s) to generate or increase business for itself would first start with its business process. How much is the airline company spending in data input‚ processing
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