Decision Support Systems: Theory and Application

✍ Scribed by Henk G. Sol (auth.), Clyde W. Holsapple, Andrew B. Whinston (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 498
• Series: NATO ASI Series 31
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Researchers and practitioners interested in the current De- cision Support System (DSS) and the shape of future DSS are the intended audience of this book. There is a particular, recurring emphasis on the adaptation of artificial intelli- gence techniques for use in the DSS world. The chapters are organized in two major sections, the first dealing with the- oretical topics and the second with applications.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Paradoxes Around DSS....Pages 3-18
A Relational Theory of Model Management....Pages 19-53
Data- and Knowledge- Base Management Systems for Decision Support....Pages 55-90
Conceptual Modelling for Knowledge-Based DSS Development....Pages 91-135
Introducing AI in Optrans a DSS Generator....Pages 137-157
Characteristics of a Successful DSS User’s Needs vs. Builder’s Needs....Pages 159-184
Artificially Intelligent Decision Support Systems — Criteria for Tool Selection....Pages 185-213
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Decision Support in Office Information Systems....Pages 217-238
An Events Accounting Foundation for DSS Implementation....Pages 239-263
Auditing, Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems....Pages 265-319
Some Preliminary Notes on the Development of a General DSS for Auditors....Pages 321-333
On Knowledge-Based Decision Support Systems for Financial Diagnostics....Pages 335-371
Decision Support Systems for Resource Allocation....Pages 373-389
Decision Support Systems — A Case Study in the Use of DBMS Technology in Energy Management....Pages 391-409
Development, Use, and Verification of Expert Systems in Modelling Microeconomic Systems....Pages 411-428
Strategy Planning: Implications for the Design of DSS....Pages 429-449
Computer-Assisted Strategic Planning....Pages 451-481
Back Matter....Pages 483-502

✦ Subjects

Business Information Systems