Since the early 1970s a number of decision support system (DSS) frameworks have been formulated that describe the characteristics of DSS. This research effort examines several of those frameworks using published case-based research. The purpose is to determine whether the characteristics outlined by the frameworks are observed in these published cases. This is useful in determining those charac...

This study examines the impact of positive mood on the effective usage of a Decision Support System (DSS). Using current cognitive theories, a theoretical argument about DSS usage is developed. This argument is then investigated via a lab experiment. The results of the lab experiment show that decision makers in positive mood used a greater number of informational cues provided by the DSS and m...

Developing a DSS has been a challenging task and it has been found that many systems fail either during their development or immediately after their development or after surviving for some time. There could be many reasons for the failure of these systems. A review of literature has highlighted a research gap in the area of developing a DSS. This study is an attempt to find and analyze the rele...

This position paper presents, firstly, the evolution of decision support systems (DSS) and the challenges in teaching in the field of DSS. Secondly, the concepts of management process, decision support technology, self-service business intelligence (SSBI), business simulation games and literature search results on business games associated with DSS are presented. Lastly, we suggest a conceptual...

Decision making tasks are often complex and ill-defined, and they are also multi-aspect because many factors influence the decision process. Decision support systems (DSS) which are frequently used in business and manufacturing have a potential to cope with vagueness and illstructure of complex decision making situations. Also an optimum DSS can be developed for multidimensional decision proble...

One of the main goals of precision agriculture researches is to define a suitable decision support system (DSS) for farm management with the goal of optimizing returns on inputs while preserving resources. Therefore, our long-term objective is the development of an adequate DEM model which can be adapted in the actual decision support system (DSS) to create a new model driven decision support s...

a value chain is a series of events that takes a raw material and with each step adds value to it. global interest in the application of natural gas (ng) in production and transportation has grown dramatically, representing a long-term, low-cost, domestic, and secure alternative to petroleum-based fuels. many technological solutions are currently considered on the market or in development, whic...