2002 by
Prentice Hall, Inc.
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What are Decision Support Systems?
nSystems that
support, not replace, managers in their
decision-making activities
nDecision
modeling, decision theory, and decision analysis, attempt to make models from which the “best decision can be derived, by computation
nDSS is defined as: Computer-based systems
nThat
help decision makers
nConfront
ill-structured problems
nThrough
direct interaction
nWith
data and analysis models