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| Title: | LANGUAGES FOR DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS: AN OVERVIEW |
| Authors: | Stohr, Edward A.
White, Norman H. |
| Keywords: | Decision Support Systems
user interfaces
language facilities |
| Issue Date: | Jun-1982 |
| Publisher: | Stern School of Business, New York University |
| Series/Report no.: | IS-82-64 |
| Abstract: | In this paper we survey some issues relating to the language interfaces
provided by DSS. We do this from the point-of-view of the designer of
generalized software for building DSS. We first describe a fairly
general architecture for such software. This is followed by a brief
examination of the language interface components. We list the functions
that must be provided through the language facilities of a DSS together
with a number of implementation issues such as User-friendliness, degree
of procedurality and interpretation versus compilation. This provides a
useful framework for the comparative evaluation of DSS packages. Finally
we discuss some possible directions for future development including
specialized formal languages and the potential of English-like
'semi-natural' languages. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2451/14606 |
| Appears in Collections: | IOMS: Information Systems Working Papers
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