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Eleventh Edition
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Introduction to Essentials for Information Systems
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C h a p t e r
James A. O’Brien
9Decision
Support
Systems
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Chapter Objectives
• Identify the changes taking place in the form and use of decision support in e-business enterprises.
• Identify the role and reporting alternatives of management information systems.
• Describe how online analytical processing can meet key information needs of managers.
• Explain the decision support system concept and how it differs from traditional management information systems.
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Chapter Objectives
• Explain how the following information systems can support the information needs of executives, managers, and business professionals:– A) Executive Information Systems– B) Enterprise Information Portals– C) Enterprise Knowledge Portals
• Identify how neural networks, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms, virtual reality, and intelligent agents can be used in business.
• Give examples of several ways expert systems can be used in business decision-making situations.
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e-Business Decision Support Applications
CustomerRelationshipManagement
Situation: What-ifScenario Analysis
Supply ChainManagement
Knowledge/InnovationManagement
Enterprise PerformanceMonitoring
Employee-Manager/Customer/Partner
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Decisions in the e-Business
StrategicManagement
TacticalManagement
OperationalManagement
Dec
isio
ns
Information
Decision Characteristics
Unstructured
Semi-structured
Structured
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Management Information System Reports
Periodic ScheduledReports
Periodic ScheduledReports
Exception ReportsException Reports
Demand Reportsand Responses
Demand Reportsand Responses
Push ReportsPush Reports
MajorManagementInformation Systems Reports
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Online Analytical Processing
OLAPServerOLAPServer
Multi-dimensional
database
CorporateDatabases
Client PC
Web-enabled OLAPSoftware
Data is retrieved from corporate databasesand staged in an OLAP multi-dimensional database
•Operational DB•Data Marts•Data Warehouse
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Decision Support Systems
What If-AnalysisWhat If-Analysis
Sensitivity AnalysisSensitivity Analysis
Goal-Seeking AnalysisGoal-Seeking Analysis
Optimization AnalysisOptimization Analysis
ImportantDecision SupportSystemsAnalytical Models
ImportantDecision SupportSystemsAnalytical Models
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Enterprise Information Portals and DSS
Enterprise Information Portal GatewayEnterprise Information Portal User Interface
SearchAgents
SearchAgents OLAPOLAP Data
Mining
Data Mining
KnowledgeManagement
KnowledgeManagement
Database Management Functions
DataMart
OtherBusiness
Applications
OperationalDatabase
AnalyticalDatabase
KnowledgeBase
DSS
What-If ModelsSensitivity ModelsGoal-Seeking ModelsOptimization Models
Internet Intranet Extranet
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Attributes of Intelligent Behavior
• Think and reason• Use reason to solve problems• Learn or understand from experience• Acquire and apply knowledge• Exhibit creativity and imagination• Deal with complex or perplexing situations• Respond quickly and successfully to new
situations.• Recognize the relative importance of
elements in a situation• Handle ambiguous, incomplete,or erroneous
information
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Artificial Intelligence Applications
CognitiveScience
Applications
CognitiveScience
Applications
ArtificialIntelligenceArtificial
Intelligence
RoboticsApplications
RoboticsApplications
NaturalInterface
Applications
NaturalInterface
Applications
•Expert Systems•Fuzzy Logic•Genetic Algorithms•Neural Networks
•Visual Perceptions•Locomotion•Navigation•Tactility
•Natural Language•Speech Recognition•Multisensory Interface•Virtual Reality
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AI Application Areas in Business
Neural NetworksNeural Networks
Fuzzy Logic SystemsFuzzy Logic Systems
Virtual RealityVirtual Reality
Expert SystemsExpert Systems
AI ApplicationAreas inBusiness
AI ApplicationAreas inBusiness
Intelligent AgentsIntelligent Agents
Genetic AlgorithmsGenetic Algorithms
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Intelligent Agents
InterfaceTutors
InterfaceTutors
PresentationAgents
PresentationAgents
NetworkNavigation
Agents
NetworkNavigation
Agents
Role-PlayingAgents
Role-PlayingAgents
UserInterfaceAgents
InformationManagement
Agents
SearchAgentsSearchAgents
InformationBrokers
InformationBrokers
InformationFilters
InformationFilters
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Components of Expert Systems
The Expert SystemThe Expert System
KnowledgeBase
User Workstation
ExpertAdvice User
InterfacePrograms
UserInterfacePrograms
InferenceEngine
Program
InferenceEngine
Program
Expert System DevelopmentExpert System Development
Workstation
KnowledgeEngineering
KnowledgeAcquisition
Program
KnowledgeAcquisition
Program
Expert and/orKnowledge Engineer
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Expert System Applications
Decision ManagementDecision Management
Diagnostic/TroubleshootingDiagnostic/Troubleshooting
Maintenance/SchedulingMaintenance/Scheduling
Design/ConfigurationDesign/Configuration
Selection/ClassificationSelection/Classification
Major ApplicationCategoriesof Expert Systems
Process Monitoring/ControlProcess Monitoring/Control
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Chapter Summary
• Decision support systems in business are changing. The growth of corporate intranets, extranets, and other web technologies have increased the demand for a variety of personalized, proactive, web-enabled analytical techniques to support DSS.
• Information systems must support a variety of management decision-making levels and decisions. These include the three levels of management activity: strategic, tactical, and operational.
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Chapter Summary (cont)
• Online analytical processing is used to analyze complex relationships among large amounts of data stored in multidimensional databases. Data mining analyzes large stores of historical data contained in data warehouses.
• Decision support systems are interactive computer-based information systems that use DSS software and a model base to provide information to support semi-structured and unstructured decision making.
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Chapter Summary (cont)
• The major application domains in artificial intelligence include a variety of applications in cognitive sciences, robotics, and natural interfaces.
• Major AI application areas include:– Neural Networks– Fuzzy Logic– Genetic Algorithms– Virtual Reality– Intelligent Agents