Internet facilitates access to data, information, and knowledge sources, but at the same time threatens to cognitively overload the decision makers. This necessitates the development of effective decision support tools to properly inform the decision process. So far the response from the field of decision support systems has not been adequate. Internet technologies require new type of decision ...

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of decision making in the residential real estate industry. They can organize, manage, and analyze information in ways that were not possible with traditional information management systems. Although GIS are now used to perform specific business functions, their use can be magnified and extended through the creati...

The view of decision-making that has informed most decision support systems research has been Simon’s process theory. Further, the majority DSS work has focussed on the choice phase of Simon’s model of decision-making. Decision bias theory does not focus on the choice process but considers the possibility of systematic and persistent errors in all phases of judgement and decision-making. Decisi...

Group-based decision-making situations are relevant to Engineering Management practice. To assist group decision making, specialized computer-based tools called Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS) have been promoted since the late 1980s. Nevertheless, a review of the extensive research on GDSS design and evaluation reveals that an integrated framework is not available to evaluate the decision...

A clinical decision support system (CDSS) is an interactive tool designed to assist clinicians in making decisions, such as determining a diagnosis. The Isabel Database is a CDSS featuring a clinical checklist and topic-specific knowledge components. This column contains an overview of the database, provides searching tips, and places Isabel within the context of the CDSS field.

Information systems for crisis response and management, including military Command & Control systems, are designed to support their users’ decision-making processes. Decision making can be rational or naturalistic. Psychologists have shown that experienced decision makers under time pressure prefer using naturalistic methods. Case studies of four implemented Command & Control systems show that ...

Cyber-physical systems promise a complete networking of all actors and resources involved in production thus an improved availability information. In this context decision support enable appropriate processing presentation the captured data. particular, scheduling could benefit from this, since it is responsible for short-term planning control released orders. Since cyber-physical together are ...