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CLO55ARY
bdck-and-morlar Pureph)sicalorganizationscoryoru.
busincss
Gyslen)
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oh
i' r(,
rnxlv/ehu..ne* pru(LsL.
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need) rorn
nlormalion echnolosv
I'usiDc$
activily monitodng
(BAM)
s$tens Thcscs\s
tems
consisl lrcal time systemshat
lert managcrso
polenlial
opportunilies. impending
troblcnrs.
iDd
threals,
nd hcn cmpower hem o reacl
hrcughmod
els and c(,llaboralion.
Situationsare de1e.1cd
n rcal
time,quickly
malyzcd, ndsolved.
husine$
an{lJtics
(BA)
The
application oi nrdels
directly
1obusircssdata. lsing DSS
ods
(r.e
business
intclligcrce). especiall),models,
n assisrins ecision
makcrs.Esscntially LAPiDss.
burin$s inrclltgcncc
Br)
The ure oianalyticalmethods,
oithorntrrurlly or auromatica
ly. o dcrivc clationshps
rrom
dAla.Sccbusiness nalytic|.
ata-mining, ecision-
iuppon
systcms,nlineanalylical roccssingOLAP).
businls nrclllgcncc
ooh An infornMtion sysrem hal
allows usen to view
datr h driAbrscs and inlerprer
thcnl easily nd quickly.lt
s usuAlly elared o
an EtS.
buslncsi
procers
eengineoring
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ncss
pfocesses.Ilir
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ypc
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adniDislfative burden of thc
oreaniz tion
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csn bc
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IKB.
2003.)
buJ-ilde
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thal individuals
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csse ibrsry lto knowlcdge ase
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cme-bused cNoning
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A melhodolosyh which
knowlcdsca.d/or inferences
re dcrivcd fron histori
c'iscrn,nascncnt systcn
(CMS)
A syslcn for nanas
rng hc largc volune of cases
n an organ;ldonal dcci
sion-support ystcn.
certainty A conditioDunder wlich
i1 is assumed hrt
fulure v.lucs arc knowD br sure
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rssocialcdwith an actio..
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s lruc.
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lhton A rrametror l
ur rJpre.enrrnL
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bel ic i of t rue and t \ .
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b scd systems.
.hannel
ronllict wtren
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reuchng
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mcrh
.:
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person
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,rnJgcm(nr
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Tle third phasc
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$hr ' jh
n , ' l rernir i \ (
5sLl(crJd.
chromosolnc A candidllc
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a
gcnctic
L:
(hunkinF
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ch$ A term used
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with
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j
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mationduring
hc decision-nMkingrocess.
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multlrgenls Mulliplc
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A rypc of , L-.
lronic comnerce
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usudllt rl,
-
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collabo.alivc
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when
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endations rom
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lt usei preferenc :
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t busiDcss ctivities .-
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en:
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organ;ation
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o run
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ed roopefttivc
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A diagram
har dcscrihlr
how
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rn expcrt
s
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jnto
ph.
irs
ril
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Decision anabhi .l?econtrollable ariables.
dccision-makirg The
actionof selecling nong ahema'
decision-supportyitens
(DSS)
Compuler-balednlor-
mation systems hai combine modcls and dara rn an
attempt1osolvenonslruclurcd
roblcmswilh
cxtcm\c
uscr nvohcmcnt hough a ftiendly uscrinlertace.
declarstive nowledg Thc rcprcscntationol tactsand
dchrrtiye rulc8 Rules hal slale nll lhe tacls and rcla-
tionshipsnvolved n a
problcm.
dductive eosoning tn logic, casoningiom thc
seneral
1o hc spccific.Consequent easoningn which conclu-
sions ollow
premises.
dcep knowlcdgc A representation f information
about
thc internal and causal tructureof a systern hat con-
sidcrs hc interaclions mong he sysrenk components.
dcop epr.scnladon A model hat captures llthe forns
ofknowledgeusedbyexperti in their reasoning.
dctuurfficaaton Creating a crisp solution fron
a
fuzzy
Iogicsolution.
dclndh'lduatlon A feeling
of beingseparatedrom oth.
ers
that can lead to behavior violating cslablished
norlnsoi appror'riateness.
Dclphl Melhod A
qualiladle
forecasdngmethodology
usinganonymous
ueslionnaires,
iJecdve or tchno.
lL)Sicalorecasung nd
lor forL.casringnvohing scn5i-
de'n.nd chain Thc flow of matc als from an opcration
to thc lin0l dcmand. t includesorder
generaiion,
ak-
ing. and futtillmcnt and has been ntegrated nto th
supplychaiD.
de'nor
(or
&mon) A
proccdurc
thal runs if a spccific
predefined
late s
recognizcd.
denoDstrstior prolotype
A snall-scale
prototype
of a
lusual l ) \pcf l r s\ ,rcm hdl
Jumonnral 5omcmaj,r r
cdprbililicsoi rhc
inallystcm on a rudimentary asis.Il
is uscd o
gainsupport
anlonguse|sandmanagers.
dendite The
part
of a
biological
neuron hat
provides
depndentvqriabl3 A sysrcn's measureof efTective-
depth-fiist sclrch A scarch procedure
thai explorcs
cach branchof a scarch rec to
irs full
vertical ength.
Each branch s scarchedor a solutioniifnone s found,
a new venicalbranch
s
searched
o its depih,and
so on.
d$criptivc nodcls Models hat describe hings
as bey
desisn
ph8
The seconddecision naking phase: indins
pus' ib l r
alrcrDar ir r .n decr ' ionmakinC ndd.\c 'srnB
deskloppnicbssi t rg A
var iar ion
l e procuremcnl n
which supplien' catalogs re aggregated
n an
'nternal
mastercatalogo. the buver'ssefler. so
that
the com
pany's purchasingagentsor evenend-users an shop
more convememy.
delemiDistic nodels Modcls constructed undr
$uned certainty
namely,lherc is only one
po$ible
(
andknown) resull
of eachallcmativccou$e oi actron
drelopDcrt environments
Partsof expertsystemshar
are usedby
builders.Thcynclude he knowledge ase.
rhe i.ferenc0
cnginc. knowledge
acqujsition. and
impr^\ inH
Ld.uniop apdb' l r ry.he knnuledg(
nEl
nee. and
the ei(pcrtarc considered art of
theseent,'
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trsiegies Mctlods used o analyze, esign.
and mplemenl
computu syslems.
directory A culalogof all the data n
a database r all h.
models
n a nodcl base.
dirbel ict lhc desreeof hehel har somcrhrng: nul
diltancc e{rntng
(DL)
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l lcarning
whcn
r
involvos
oolsor technologies esigned
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restriclions
fcither same-tim r same.place
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tion nctworks.
roupware.
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axes. nd tclc\
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intelligenc
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agentsysten for problem-solving.
plitting of a
pfoh
lcm into multiple cooperating
systcms n dcrivins a
document msnrgment
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rnd control of digitized
documcnts hroughout th.r
life-cycle.
documcnt mrnagemcnt
uyctmi
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systems
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hardwarc ottware) hAt allow ihe flo$.
storage,elieval.
and uscofdigitized documents.
docunented
kdowlcdSc For ES, stored knowledg(
sources ot based
irecllyon humanexpertise.
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experlisc.
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namcassignedo an Interner
site. onsisting f nultiple
pa
s,scparatcd y dots.which
are tnnslsled from
righl ro lcft in locating the site.
domrln.specific
oob Software shells designed o
h.
used only in
thc dcvclopment of a specific areai (tr
example. diagnostic ystcln.
&ill do*n The nvesligalion f infornation in detail: or
example. inding nol only iolal salesbut
also
salesb\
region. y
product,
or by salcsperson.
DSS
application A DSS
progran
built
for a
specific ur
pose:
or exanplc, a schcdulingsystem
or a
specilic
conpany.S.e spccificDSs.
DSS
gnrslor
(ersin)
Computer software
hat
pnr
vides
a setof capabiliticsbr
quicklv
building
a
specifi.
DSS.
DSS
ntegrrtd ool A loolkit for DSS developmerl.Ir
includes
spreadsheel.dalabascmanagement vsrem
graphics.
nd other eatures
DSS pfinrry
lools Fcaturcs hat facilitate
le develop,
ment of eil her a DSS
scncrator
or
a
specific
DSS, uch
asprogranming languages.
Srapbics.
editors query s\+
tems. nd andom number
genelato6.
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Dss^lcchnologJcvts A tiamc$ort
tor undersran.ling
DSS
devclopmenlrspecrfic
SS_
SS gencralors.
nd
DSS
ools
DSS
ools
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he roason
br
its sctions
s
ir evaruarcs
dlDamic
modh
M(dcls
whose
nput
d.ta
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over
meitor
cxamplc.
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trolir
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e-burinc$
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broad
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ot eteclronic
cnnrercc
thal
refen
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to buying
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selling.hut
aho
to ser-
qcrnt
cusron)(r . .u lhhlral inH n br n \ p. , r lner . .
rnu
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ran\rcl r r r l \
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rn or :
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degrce
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goal
atrainment.
Doin
rhc
righl
things.
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