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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