Decision support systems: Directed and nondirected change

Information Systems Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 47-70

  Silver, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Change agency; Decision support systems; Decisional guidance; System restrictiveness

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

CHANGE AGENCY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS); DECISIONAL GUIDANCE; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; SYSTEM RESTRICTIVENESS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0001817883     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1.1.47     Document Type: Article

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