... appropriate information and models for informed decision making is to use decisionsupportsystems (DSS). Decision support systems are computer-based systems that bring together information from ... Power, D. J., DecisionSupport Systems: ConceptsandResourcesfor Managers, Santa Barbara, CA: Quorum Books Division of Greenwood Publishing, 2002. Power, D. J., DecisionSupport Systems: Frequently ... includes an understanding of the differences in preferences for models and model management systemsandfor trade-offs and mechanisms by which information is communicated and acted upon. Since...
... Power, D. J., DecisionSupport Systems: ConceptsandResourcesfor Managers, Santa Barbara, CA: Quorum Books Division of Greenwood Publishing, 2002. Power, D. J., DecisionSupport Systems: Frequently ... W. Holsapple (Eds.), Hand-book on DecisionSupport Systems, Vol. 1, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2008, pp. 163-189. Holsapple, C. W., and A. B. Whinston, DecisionSupport Systems: A Knowledge-Based ... http://www.accenture.con^Global/Technology/Inforaiation^gmt/Information^gmt_Services/ R _and_ I/SurveyAchieved.htm, viewed February 8, 2009. Alter, S., DecisionSupport Systems: Current Practice and Continuing Challenge,...
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