BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Decision Support System
- a computer system designed to collect, store, process, and provide access to information to support managerial decision making. Decision support systems were developed in the 1970s to facilitate unstructured and one-off decision making, as the standard reporting capabilities of MISs were perceived to be more suitable for routine day-to-day decisions. Data on an organization's external operating environment, as well as internal operational information, is included and an interactive interface allows managers to retrieve and manipulate data. Modeling techniques are used to examine the results of alternative courses of action.
Additional Resources
- Victrex backs customer commitments with SSI's Optimiza decision support system.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-24 August 2005-Victrex: Victrex backs customer commitments with SSI's Optimiza decision support systemC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:24082005 A world leader in high performance materials, Victrex is to deploy an Optimiza decision support system from SSI to help deliver ambitious ...
- Research articles 2005-08-24
- A Framework For Developing A Knowledge-Based Decision Support System For Management Of Variation Orders
- This paper describes the framework for developing a Knowledge-Based Decision Support System KBDSS for making more informed decisions for managing variation orders in institutional buildings. The KBDSS framework consists of two main components, i.e., a knowledge base and a decision support shell. The database will be developed through collecting data...
- White papers 2006-05-10
- A Decision Support System Model For Subjective Decisions
- Modern government and business units routinely collect and store structured data of general interest to them. Subjective assumptions and judgments are made by the mangers to interpret the data. Where the data volume is large, it may be difficult to sift the data, as the managerial skills may not be...
- Tools & templates 2004-08-11
- Spatial Decision Support System For Identifying Priority Sites For Watershed Management Schemes
- In the paper of rural India, planning mainly consists of distribution of resources through various government-sponsored watershed management schemes, which are implemented by sectoral institutions in the district. A conceptual framework and a Spatial Decision Support System for rural Land Use Planning (SDSS/LUP) have been developed for supporting decision making...
- White papers 2003-11-04
- A Decision Support System For Map Projections Of Small Scale Data
- The use of commercial geographic information system software to process large raster datasets of terrain elevation, population, land cover, vegetation, soils, temperature, and rainfall requires both projection from spherical coordinates to plane coordinate systems and transformation from one plane system to another. Decision support systems deliver information resulting in knowledge...
- White papers 2004-12-14
- Automation And Accountability In Decision Support System Interface Design
- When the human element is introduced into decision support system design, entirely new layers of social and ethical issues emerge but are not always recognized as such. This paper discusses those ethical and social impact issues specific to decision support systems and highlights areas that interface designers should consider during...
- White papers 2006-10-04
- Decision Support System For Managing Educational Capacity Utilization In Universities
- Decision-making in the field of academic planning involves extensive analysis of large data volumes originating from multiple systems. Academic workload management is concerned with distributing teaching resources in order to adequately support the university's educational framework (faculties, degrees, courses, admission policies, teaching workload etc). A methodology is proposed for assessing...
- White papers 2005-09-20
- Agent-Based Decision Support System for the Third Generation Distributed Dynamic Decision-Making (DDD-III) Simulator
- This paper discusses the design and application of a decision support system DSS based on the third-generation distributed dynamic decision-making (DDD-III) simulator and contingency theory to increase the organizational cognitive capacity and to facilitate the processes of adaptation. The role of the DSS is to provide mission-monitoring and re-planning information...
- White papers 2004-04-29
- Preliminary Design Of A Spatial Decision Support System For Poverty Management
- Saddled with the burden of increasing poverty among majority of their populace, many African countries are initiating various Poverty Alleviation Programmes PAP. Many of these programmes however miss out the influence of geography and spatial variables as determinants of poverty, that is, the spatial dimension of the problem of poverty....
- White papers 2004-06-10
- Web-Based Implementation Of Winter Maintenance Decision Support System Using GIS And Remote Sensing
- Winter maintenance, particularly snow removal and the stress of snow removal materials on public structures, is an enormous budgetary burden on municipalities and nongovernmental maintenance organizations in cold climates. Lately, geospatial technologies such as remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems GIS, and decision support tools are providing a valuable tool for...
- White papers 2005-05-01
- Hydra: A Prototype Grid-Enabled Spatial Decision Support System
- Hydra is a grid-enabled spatial decision-support system. Its objective is to provide users with the ability to access and analyse data in order to make better decisions about the spatial allocation of resources, such as building new roads or redevelopment of brownfield sites in urban areas. Hydra has been constructed...
- White papers 2005-01-31
- An Agent-Based Decision Support System For The Introduction Of Next Generation Mobile Services
- Traditional voice communication services have no potential for generating enough profit and bringing the expected return on investment on the 3G infrastructures and licenses. Therefore, actors in the mobile marketplace must concentrate on new sources of revenue, i.e. next generation mobile services. However, thinking about new engagements in this rapid...
- White papers 2004-06-21
- Trinzic Joins Sybase Warehouse WORKS Alliance; Trinzic's Forest & Trees Decision Support System and InfoPump Heterogeneous Replication Software Play Critical Roles in Data Warehouse Implementation
- REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 8, 1995-- Trinzic's Forest & Trees R Decision Support System and InfoPump TM Heterogeneous Replication Software Play Critical Roles in Data Warehouse Implementations Redwood City, CA, August 8, 1995 Trinzic Corporation (NASDAQ:TRNZ) today announced that its award-winning Forest & Trees R decision support tool and InfoPump...
- Research articles 1995-08-08
- MicroStrategy and Informix Partner to Provide Giant Food with Category Management Decision Support System
- VIENNA, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 31, 1995--MicroStrategy, a leading provider of data warehouse and Decision Support Solutions, and Informix Software, the leading provider of parallel database technology, today announced that they are developing a sophisticated Category Management Decision Support System DSS for Giant Food using MicroStrategy's DSS AgentTM against the INFORMIXR-OnLine Dynamic...
- Research articles 1995-07-31
- Trinzic Joins Sybase Warehouse WORKS Alliance; Trinzic's Forest & Trees Decision Support System and InfoPump Heterogeneous Replication Software Play Critical Roles in Data Warehouse Implementation
- REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 8, 1995-- Trinzic's Forest & Trees R Decision Support System and InfoPump TM Heterogeneous Replication Software Play Critical Roles in Data Warehouse Implementations Redwood City, CA, August 8, 1995 Trinzic Corporation (NASDAQ:TRNZ) today announced that its award-winning Forest & Trees R decision support tool and InfoPump...
- Research articles 1995-08-08
- FROST & SULLIVAN: Flood of enterprise data st stimulates U.S. decision support system market.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-21 October 1999-FROST & SULLIVAN: Flood of enterprise data stimulates U.S. decision support system market C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:211099 SAN ANTONIO -- The era of e-business has arrived along with an overwhelming flow of data. As market participants amass...
- Research articles 1999-10-21
- OSS: A Spatial Decision Support System For Optimal Zoning Of Marine Protected Areas
- The authors have developed the Optimisation Support System OSS, a spatial decision support system, to deliver optimal solutions to the problem of identifying comprehensive, adequate and representative locations for conservation planning. This paper briefly demonstrates the application of systematic conservation planning to optimal MPA design and the development of OSS,...
- White papers 2005-11-14
- AT&T Provides Wal-Mart with World's Largest Commercial Decision-Support System; Supports Merchandise Management and Inventory Replenishment
- DAYTON, Ohio--BUSINESS WIRE--January 9, 1995--AT&T Global Information Solutions today announced a multi-million dollar contract with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for a massively parallel processing system that provides added computing capacity for Wal-Mart's decision support system, the largest commercial database system in the world.
- Research articles 1995-01-09
- Development Of An Integrated Decision Support System For Water Quality Control
- Compared to the limited water supply in the Middle East, Lebanon is perceived to be a water rich country. Yet, it faces a growing water supply problem due to many factors including increases in demand, inadequate investment in infrastructure, and deterioration of water quality. Being the foremost water resource in...
- White papers 2006-05-19
- Fuzzy Based Decision Support System For e-Tourism Investment Risk Analysis
- This paper presents a Fuzzy based Decision Support System DSS for E-tourism investment risk analysis. In general term, E-tourism is the use of Information And Communication Technology ICT in tourism which may allow operating tourism in least variable cost, least time and increasing work efficiency. It is worth noting that...
- White papers 2006-10-29
