The functions of a decision support system

✍ Scribed by Robert W. Blanning

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 734 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0378-7206
• DOI: 10.1016/0378-7206(79)90039-9

✦ Synopsis

The growing literature on decision support systems outlines their principal characteristics and presents case studies of successful systems. This paper reviews the literature, describes six functions that a decision support system may perform for a manager or staff analyst, and introduces a new technique, functional mapping, for representing these systems.