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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