Decision Support Systems: Theory and Application

Researchers and practitioners interested in the current De-cision Support System (DSS) and the shape of future DSS arethe 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 areorganized in two major sections, the first dealing with the-oretical topics and the second with applications.

List of contents

Section I - Concepts and Theory.- 1. Paradoxes Around Dss.- 2. A Relational Theory of Model Management.- 3. Data and Knowledge Base Management Systems for Decision Support.- 4. Conceptual Modelling for Knowledge-Based DSS Development.- 5. Introducing AI in OPTRANS, a DSS Generator.- 6. Characteristics of a Successful DSS User's Needs vs. Builder's Needs.- 7. Artificially Intelligent Decision Support Systems - Criteria for Tool Selection.- Section II - Applications.- 8. Decision Support in Office Information Systems.- 9. An Events Accounting Foundation for DSS Implementation.- 10. Auditing, Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems.- 11. Some Preliminary Notes on the Development of a General DSS for Auditors.- 12. On Knowledge-Based Decision Support Systems for Financial Diagnostics.- 13. Decision Support Systems for Resource Allocation.- 14. Decision Support Systems - A Case Study in the Use of DBMS Technology in Energy Management.- 15. Development, Use, and Verification of Expert Systems in Modelling Microeconomic Systems.- 16. Strategy Planning: Implications for the Design of DSS.- 17. Computer-Assisted Strategic Planning.

Product details

• Assisted by: B Whinston (Editor), B Whinston (Editor), Clyde Holsapple (Editor), Clyde W. Holsapple (Editor), Clyd W Holsapple (Editor), Clyde W Holsapple (Editor), Andrew B. Whinston (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.12.2012
• EAN: 9783642830907
• ISBN: 978-3-642-83090-7
• No. of pages: 520
• Dimensions: 183 mm x 245 mm x 27 mm
• Illustrations: X, 520 p.
• Series: NATO ASI Series F: Computer and Systems Sciences; Nato ASI Subseries F: Nato ASI Series (closed) / Nato ASI Subseries F: (closed); NATO ASI Series; NATO ASI Series F: Computer and Systems Sciences; Nato ASI Subseries F:
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