The course will include an overview of the development of DSS systems, information needs for managerial decision making and essential characteristics of decision support systems, Data Base, Model Base and Dialog Management, building a DSS and DSS produce evaluation. The course will explore new trends in PC based DSS and executive support systems, distributed processing and DSS including Group Decision Support systems and the integration of DAA and AI. It will also include the discussion of case studies and the students will be involved in reviews of current DSS in the literature, a hands-on development of a small-scale DSS, and comparative analysis of commercial DSS products.
Prerequisite: Admission into BTACS program