Hypertext is an emerging technology that has not been researched adequately, particularly in organizations that utilize decision support technologies. This paper suggests that developing a set of dependent variables to measure effectiveness of hypertext in decision support is an important first step in a program of research. A review of empirical hypertext research is presented followed by a di...

The use and development of appropriate procurement systems helps to avoid problems and is the key to the attainment of project specific goals. A systematic and consistent approach for procurement selection is essential to achieve the project success and ensure value for the client’s money. This paper presents a decision support model developed, based on Multi Attribute Utility Technique. Four r...

This paper puts forward a grey situation group decision-making method on the basis of prospect theory, in view of the grey situation group decision-making problems that decisions are often made by multiple decision experts and those experts have risk preferences. The method takes the positive and negative ideal situation distance as reference points, defines positive and negative prospect value...

The healthcare industry collects huge amounts of data which, unfortunately, are not turned into useful information for effective decision making. Decision support systems (DSS) can now use advanced technologies such as On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) and data mining to deliver advanced capabilities. This paper presents a prototype clinical decision support system which combines the strengt...

Application of Group Decision Support System (GDSS) can assist for delivering the decision of various opinions (preference) cancer detection based on the preferences of various expertise. In this paper we propose ELECTRE-Entropy for GDSS Modeling. We propose entropy weighting for each criteria under ELECTRE Method.ELECTRE is one method in MultiAttribute Decision Making (MADM). Modeling of Group...

This article demonstrates the feasibility of a new computer technology, decision support systems (DSSs), to assist counselors with their clients in choosing a college major:

General Electric’s Research Center has been using soft computing (SC) and related techniques to create decision support systems (DSS) since the early 1980’s. After fielding and maintaining multiple applications we have found many benefits from using soft computing to create knowledge based decision support applications. This chapter will describe the benefits of using SC for creating a DSS and ...

The Institute of Medicine has identified both computerized physician order entry and electronic prescription as keys to reducing medication errors and improving safety. Many computerized clinical decision support systems can enhance practitioner performance. However, the development of such systems involves a long cycle time that makes it difficult to apply them on a wider scale. This paper pre...