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Is decision support research still needed? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Digital transformation is occurring globally and data-driven decision support, machine learning, and Arti...	DSS Foundations	Nov 25, 2019
How useful is DSS case study research? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Decision Support Systems (DSS) encompass a broad array of software artifacts intended to support deci...	DSS Foundations	Oct 03, 2015
Why are decision support case studies important? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Case studies help us understand decision support. Both teaching and research case studies serve a usef...	DSS Foundations	Aug 02, 2015
What is predictive asset management? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Cognizant, Deloitte, IBM, SAS and other vendors and consulting firms are promoting use of predictive ...	DSS Foundations	Jun 27, 2018
Is the technology acceptance model relevant to decision support? by Daniel Power Editor, DSSResources.com Substantial resources are expended building and installing decision support systems. Some guidance about...	DSS Foundations	Jul 31, 2016
What is the relation between Design Science and building DSS? Daniel Power Editor, DSSResources.com For many years, there has been an interest in transferring the concepts and techniques from the broad fiel...	Building DSS	Apr 03, 2016
What happened at DSSResources 2007-2010? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com The DSS Research Resources home page started during late summer 1995 as a way of organizing the vast amount...	DSS Foundations	Jan 03, 2011
What are the "hot" DSS research topics? Academic research in the U.S. often seems as susceptible to trends and "hot" topics as other segments of our culture. For the past 10 years ...	Evaluating DSS Projects	Aug 07, 2005
What is sabermetrics? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Sabermetrics is a specific use of analytics in decision making. It is "the application of statistical...	DSS Foundations	Feb 06, 2014
What is machine learning? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Machine learning is a major category of Artificial Intelligence application and research. There are m...	DSS Foundations	Sep 06, 2019
What are the achievements, trends and challenges for Decision Support Systems? In late October 2001, Manuel Mora, an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Systems, Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes (www.uaa.mx...	Evaluating DSS Projects	Aug 07, 2005
What is the history of DSSResources.com? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Since October 2, 1995, DSSResources.com has been the premier resource about computerized Decision Supp...	DSSResources.com	Jan 09, 2016
What are the foundation decision support articles in MIS Quarterly? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM MIS as a field of study stretches back almost 50 years (cf. Power, 2007), but the initiation of a new...	DSS Foundations	Dec 21, 2013
Are decision markets a useful decision support tool? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM YES, decision markets are useful for appropriate prediction tasks. Some Ask Dan! columns are more time sens...	Model-driven DSS	Dec 29, 2015
How can managers hire and retain information technology talent? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Our information technologies continue to change and improve. With developments like Cloud computing,...	DSS Foundations	Feb 02, 2017
Who are the pioneers in the field of computerized decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com On April 7, 2007, we started a new feature at DSSResources.com called "Reflections of Decision Support Pi...	Building DSS	Nov 15, 2007
Is DSS or Decision Support a core concept in Information Systems? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Academic disciplines have core concepts, the fundamental building blocks or areas of study of the di...	DSS Theory	Feb 21, 2015
What are important DSS articles from MIS Quarterly? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com A number of terms have been used for information systems supporting management decision making including m...	DSS Foundations	Jul 27, 2016
What happened at DSSResources.COM in 2001? "It's NOT easy to make money with your computer at home!" I got this message in an email shortly after receiving a question about "how ...	DSSResources.com	Sep 13, 2005
Who originated the term Business Intelligence (BI)? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision support and data warehousing sources agree that Howard Dresner coined and popularized the term Bu...	DSS Foundations	Jun 29, 2016
What is a negotiation support system? Negotiation Support Systems (NSS) are designed to assist negotiators in reaching mutually satisfactory decisions by providing a means of communication...	DSS Foundations	Aug 10, 2007
What is the context of decision making? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Context matters. The situation in which a decision must be made influences the decision that is made. ...	DSS Foundations	Jan 05, 2014
What influences acceptance of decision support technologies? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Acceptance is an important issue when implementing decision support capabilities especially those that ...	DSS Foundations	May 13, 2012
What is the theory of decision support systems? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Past practice and experience usually guide computerized decision support development more than theory and g...	DSS Theory	Aug 06, 2005
Can we engineer effective decision support systems? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Building effective computerized decision support systems is possible and increasingly common. Understandi...	Building DSS	Dec 30, 2012
What is a customer journey map? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Customer journey mapping creates a visual representation of what a typical customer is doing, feeling...	DSS Foundations	Feb 12, 2019
What is the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)? Better known as "AHP", pronouncing each letter ("A" -- "H" -- "P"), this decision structuring tool is well-kno...	Model-driven DSS	Aug 07, 2005
Is parallel database technology needed for data-driven DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Few managers have heard of parallel computer processing and parallel databases. Nonetheless the desire of ...	Data-driven DSS	Mar 02, 2007
Why are quantitative models useful for decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Managers need to understand the value that a quantitative model creates for decision making. By identifyin...	DSS Foundations	Jan 28, 2013
Why are some organizations slow to adopt new decision support technologies? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Change and innovation continues related to computerized decision support. Some managers seem quick to pur...	DSS Foundations	Jul 22, 2012
What are the rules for building a successful model-driven DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM It is important to discuss what impacts the success of computerized Decision Support Systems. My DSS bo...	Model-driven DSS	Oct 22, 2006
What is the history of AIS SIG DSS: ISDSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com AIS SIG DSS: ISDSS refers to the Association for Information Systems (AIS) Special Interest Group (SIG) on ...	AIS SIG DSS	Mar 01, 2014
What are philosophical foundations of DSS practice? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision support systems as a practical discipline has multiple "philosophical foundations". DSS practice h...	DSS Foundations	Apr 27, 2010
What are the origins of SIG DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com SIG DSS is the Special Interest Group about Decision Support and Analytical Information Systems affiliated ...	AIS SIG DSS	Feb 13, 2014
What is PlanningDSS.COM? Recently, DSSResources.COM registered a new domain name, PlanningDSS.COM. The name summarizes the purpose of the web site -- it is a planning decisi...	Planning DSS	Sep 13, 2005
Is decision making authority shifting in organizations? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Management is about delegating and making decisions. As organizations have gotten larger, more comple...	DSS Foundations	Feb 06, 2014
What determines team performance on a project? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Some project teams perform better than others? Why? A project team is a group of people assigned to work ...	DSS Foundations	Jul 02, 2020
Can computerized decision support reduce information asymmetry? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com In multiparty decision situations, one party often has better information than another. These situations c...	DSS Foundations	Apr 29, 2012
What factors influence corporate acquisition decision-making success? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM In 2017 in the United States, there were a record number of merger and acquisition transactions with 15,1...	DSS Foundations	May 01, 2019
What are the advantages and disadvantages of computerized decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM This question in various forms has been popular in the Ask Dan! email. For example, J. Maclearn aske...	DSS Theory	Mar 02, 2007
Can mHealth help physicians manage patients and reduce their own cognitive workloads? Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin mHealth is an umbrella term for any use of mobile devices and telecommunications to support the practice of medic...	DSS Foundations	Jul 21, 2020
How is analytics, BI and decision support shaping global society? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Computer-based analysis and decision support began impacting global society in the early 1950s. By 19...	DSS Foundations	Sep 01, 2013
What happened at DSSResources.COM in 2004? I have been involved with Web publishing for almost 10 years and the possibilities and prospects remain exciting and limitless. This review is a look ...	DSSResources.com	Aug 16, 2005
What theories are especially relevant to decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Decision support is an applied field of study like accounting, engineering, and medicine. Design scie...	DSS Foundations	Dec 16, 2018
How do decision-making models relate to the design and use of DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Both descriptive and prescriptive quantitative decision making model asre important to understanding compu...	DSS Theory	Mar 07, 2015
What is required in an evidence-based decision process? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Effective decision making is a well-worn concept, but specifically it refers to making decisions that...	DSS Foundations	Mar 04, 2018
Can decision support aid in critical thinking? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Critical thinking is discussed broadly in education circles. Teaching students to be "critical thinke...	DSS Foundations	Nov 25, 2015
Will thinking machines make better decisions than people? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Fifty years of computing technology improvement has led to faster computation, faster transmission of data ...	DSS Foundations	Jul 30, 2012
What is the status of Knowledge Management (KM)? by Dan Power In 1997, Rebecca Barclay and Philip Murray at Knowledge Praxis posted an article titled "What is knowledge management?". The articl...	Document-driven DSS	Aug 01, 2006
What is the design concept for PlanningDSS.com? In the Ask Dan! in DSS News of May 22, 2005, I introduced PlanningDSS.com and indicated that in a future column I might explain the overall concept an...	Planning DSS	Aug 07, 2005

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