Experiences in building and using Decision-Support Systems in postgraduate University courses

Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 33-42

  Tatnall, Arthur ^a   Burgess, Stephen ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business students; Decision Support; Postgraduate studies; Programming; University courses

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; VISUAL BASIC;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS); DECISION SUPPORTS; IN-BUILDINGS; MELBOURNE; POSTGRADUATE STUDIES; SIMPLE SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY COURSE; VISUAL BASIC FOR APPLICATIONS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 79954474361     PISSN: 15551229     EISSN: 15551237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.28945/98     Document Type: Article

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