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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Child Support and Children’s Well-Being Angelica L Fleming Virginia College Abstract Child support reform is an issue of central importance to many families today. This paper concentrates on how parents who live apart from their children divide the responsibility for taking care of them and the economic and noneconomic effects of these arrangements on the children. The report centers on the causes and effects of child support. My intent is to provide an overview of the many studies on child
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College is supposed to be the best time of your life but your freshmen year makes you who you are. Everybody goes through there freshmen year with same expectations with being on your own for the first time. This brings a lot of challenges and experiences you’ll never forget. Your freshmen year comes with meeting new people‚ having your own money and working‚ relationships and school. These things will make you or break you so that’s why your freshmen year is important to see if you’re ready to handle
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choices. Citizens have a responsibility to be informed about medical choices and the consequences of their decisions. TASK – Under test condition you will write an essay on the above title. * Step 1 (lesson 1) – Fill in the Section A – research support table * Step 2 (30 min homework) – Finish any research and start planning your essay (section B&C). * Step 3 (lesson 2) – Finish planning your essay and start writing the essay. Submit just the essay to www.turnitin.com at the end of
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Outcome 5 – Support the evaluation of learning activities 5.2‚ 5.3 and 5.4 5.3 During a numeracy learning activity on o’clock times‚ I noticed that a child was very distracted. She lacks confidence in her own ability and always asks for help‚ as ‘she can’t do it’. She also tends to distract the children in the rest of the group too‚ by being disruptive. We had plenty of teaching staff and support staff in to help this particular day‚ so I thought it may be a good idea to take her out of
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Tools to support BPR When a BPR project is undertaken across the organization‚ it can require managing a massive amount of information about the processes‚ data and systems. If you don’t have an excellent tool to support BPR‚ the management of this information can become an impossible task. The use of a good BPR/documentation software is vital in any BPR project. The types of attributes you should look for in BPR software are: Graphical interface for fast documentation "Object oriented" technology
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4222-374 Promote active support OUTCOME 1 1. Compare the characteristics associated with active support and the hotel model in relation to an individual’s support. The hotel model is where support staff does things for people and they become observers in their own lives. Active support is a way of ensuring that people are able to engage and participate in their own support. Promote individuals independence making environments easy to maintain and comfortable for people. Support informed choices
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Support Learning Activities Outcome 1 Support the teacher in planning learning activities 1.1 Teaching assistants should be a lot more actively involved in delivering learning activities. This may be by setting up the room with the correct resources before the lesson takes place and laying out the tables and chairs etc. One to one support may be needed for some pupils; this should have been discussed before the lesson. It may be that the T.A is put to work with one specific
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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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421/CISY 427: DECISION SUPPORT AND EXPERT SYSTEMS Decision support systems: These systems give direct computer support to managers during the decision-making process. For example‚ advertising managers may use an electronic spreadsheet program to do what-if analysis as they test the impact of alternative advertising budgets on the forecasted sales of new products. Decision support systems are computer-based information systems that provide interactive information support to managers and business
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