A look toward the future: Decision support systems research is alive and well

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 315-340

  Hosack, Bryan ^a   Hall, Dianne ^b   Paradice, David ^c   Courtney, James F ^d  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision levels; Decision making; Decision models; Decision scope; DSS future; DSS research; History of decision support systems

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

DECISION LEVELS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DECISION MODELS; DECISION SCOPE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS); DECISION SUPPORTS; DSS FUTURE; NEGOTIATION SUPPORT SYSTEM;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84862275536     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00297     Document Type: Article

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