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Title: 

DSS DESIGN--A SYSTEMIC VIEW OF DECISION SUPPORT

Authors: Ariav, Gad
Ginzberg, Michael
Issue Date: 7-Oct-1984
Publisher: Stern School of Business, New York University
Series/Report no.: IS-84-81
Abstract: Current DSS research is rather fragmentary, and typically myopic--it centers either on the decision situation which DSS support, or on DSS tools or generators. In this paper we adopt a comprehensive view of DSS emphasizing their systemic nature. This entails identifying the links among the five aspects that classically characterize a system: 1, the environment, i.e., decision situations and access patterns; 2. the function (within this environment), i.e., types and levels of decision support; 3. the functional components that make it up, i.e., dialog, data, and model management; 4. the arrangement, i.e., the linkages among the components and the assignment of functions to modules; and 5. the resources consumed, i.e., hardware, software, human skills, and data. The systemic view provides a concrete framework for the effective design of DSS, and serves as a basis for accumulating DSS research results.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2451/14573
Appears in Collections:IOMS: Information Systems Working Papers

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