Decision Support Systems: Putting Theory Into Practice

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Ralph H. Sprague, Hugh J. Watson
Prentice-Hall, 1986 - Business & Economics - 289 pages

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Contents

THE CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATION FOR DDS
5
PART 2
32
Justifying Decision Support Systems
48
Copyright

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Decision Support Systems: Putting Theory Into Practice
Ralph H. Sprague (Jr.),Hugh J. Watson
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activities Albert Napier analytical artificial intelligence benefits build capabilities CBIS cognitive style communication companies components concept cost cost-benefit analysis data base database DBMS decision maker Decision Support Systems decision-making developmental discussed DSS applications DSS Designs DSS development DSS language DSS tools DYANA end user environment evaluation evolutionary evolved executives expert systems FIGURE files framework functions GDSS goal seeking graphics group decision hardware and software hoc DSS IFPS implementation information systems information systems professional integration interactive interface intermediary interviews iterative Keen mainframe Management Information Systems Management Review Management Science managerial ment micro MIS Quarterly needs operations OR/MS organizational organizations output percent performance personal computers potential problem programming prototype role Scott Morton SDLC solution Specific DSS spreadsheet staff strategy systems development Table task tion train dispatching user's Value Analysis vendor what-if

About the author (1986)

Hugh J. Watson was educated at Purdue University and Florida State University. Watson is the C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry Chair of Business Administration at the University of Georgia, the editor of the Journal of Data Warehousing, and a counseling editor for John Wiley & Sons' Computing and Information Processing series. He is considered a leading authority on executive information systems. Watson has produced over 120 pieces of writing including the books Building Executive Information Systems and Other Decision Support Applications and Decision Support in the Data Warehouse. He has also received the Society for Information Management Outstanding Award two times.

Bibliographic information

TitleDecision Support Systems: Putting Theory Into Practice
Prentice-Hall international editions
EditorsRalph H. Sprague, Hugh J. Watson
Edition2, illustrated
PublisherPrentice-Hall, 1986
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedOct 19, 2010
ISBN0131972863, 9780131972865
Length289 pages
Subjects › 

Business & Economics / Decision-Making & Problem Solving
Education / Decision-Making & Problem Solving
  
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