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What are the levels of decision automation? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Possibilities for decision automation (DA) have expanded and it is useful to classify applications in ...	DSS Foundations	Aug 04, 2020
How should managers implement an Intelligent Automation strategy? Daniel J. Power Intelligent automation (IA) is changing business operations and it is necessary to implement such systems to stay competitive in ma...	DSS Foundations	Jul 31, 2020
Is decision automation a hot topic? Does using a DSS require statistical expertise? YES and NO. Decision automation refers to using technologies including computer processing to make decisions and implement programmed decision process...	DSS Foundations	Aug 16, 2005
What is the scope of database administration? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Databases are central to transaction processing and decision support. Database administration is a com...	DSS Foundations	Nov 12, 2014
What technologies are used for decision automation? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Software and system designers can use a number of differing technologies to build a system to automate deci...	DSS Foundations	Jul 30, 2012
What is the factory of the future? Daniel J. Power Ciara Heavin and Shashidhar Kaparthi The "Factory of the Future" (FoF) is a vision of automated production. In some descriptions,...	DSS Foundations	Apr 17, 2020
What is habituated decision making? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Many people develop decision making habits. Rather than thinking and evaluating a situation, simple r...	DSS Foundations	Mar 02, 2019
What does it mean to keep a person in the decision loop? by Daniel J. Power In this Age of Automation, machines with appropriate software can make well-understood decisions without involving a person. We ...	DSS Foundations	Aug 29, 2020
How important is trust to the use of decision support technologies? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Decision support acceptance means that potential users trust the system and its analysis. Trust is e...	DSS Foundations	May 26, 2015
What are characteristics of the computerized decision support domain? Daniel J. Power Decision support and decision support systems are varied. Seven characteristics can help described both appropriate decision suppor...	DSS Foundations	Mar 09, 2020
What is decision automation? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision automation (DA) means software rather than people make decisions. The concept of decision au...	DSS Foundations	Dec 19, 2018
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 information technology productivity paradox? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Starry-eyed salespeople proclaimed that information technology would revolutionize organizations, cre...	DSS Foundations	Dec 24, 2018
What type of DSS is a Revenue Management application? On March 05, 2004, Tommy Wiratama posted the following at DSSResources.COM:Dear Dr. Power,I'm looking into existing revenue management technologies, e...	DSS Applications	Aug 25, 2005
Why is a person kept in the decision cycle? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Decision making using data and algorithms has inherent limitations. Decision automation and decision m...	DSS Foundations	Feb 04, 2018
Why is anticipatory technology decision-making important? by Daniel J. Power Technology change is accelerating and advancing. Technology optimism, a belief that improved technology will always solve more p...	DSS Foundations	Jun 16, 2020
What type of DSS is it? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Managers and developers are recognizing that products and systems advertized as business intelligence, de...	DSS Theory	Mar 21, 2009
What is a data lake? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Data lake is a metaphor for a data storage structure. In the physical world, a lake is a basin filled...	DSS Foundations	Aug 10, 2018
What is DevOps and is it important to decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM DevOps is a made-up term for a software/systems development method, practice or technique that combi...	DSS Foundations	Nov 14, 2015
What is the role of decision support in precision farming? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM In approximately 8000 B.C. when farming and agrarian communities were established, the population of ...	DSS Foundations	May 24, 2015
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
Did decision automation cause the subprime mortgage crisis? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Actions of greedy and naive people caused the crisis. People built and implemented the computerized d...	DSS Foundations	Sep 14, 2018
How does the Internet of Things (IoT) support decision making? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Supporting decision making is broadening in its scope and in available capabilities. According to Pow...	DSS Foundations	Aug 19, 2018
Who are the Luddites? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Over the years, the word luddite has been used as a derogatory term to poke fun at those who resist te...	DSS Foundations	Jan 22, 2021
What is a decision-centric organization? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Good decisions are important to organization success, but awareness of many important decisions i...	DSS Foundations	Sep 15, 2013
How can decision support aid smart manufacturing initiatives? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM, University of Northern Iowa, USA; Marzieh Khakifirooz, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan; Mahdi F...	DSS Foundations	Jun 13, 2018
What is involved in providing decision support for global enterprises? by Dan Power The theme for the upcoming 9th International Conference for AIS SIG DSS: the International Society for Decision Support Systems (IC...	DSS Theory	Aug 01, 2006
What are examples of technology innovation failures? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Technology success has led to innovations in organization decision making, operations, and products. ...	DSS Foundations	Aug 08, 2017
What is a DSS cost benefit analysis? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision support system cost benefit analysis is one technique used to determine if a proposed DSS should b...	DSS Foundations	Jul 18, 2010
What is the distilled "wisdom" about decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Wisdom is a virtue. Decision support has a short history, but we have learned much about helping peop...	DSS Foundations	Apr 26, 2014
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
Are soft skills important in a digital business? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Some observers claim the increasing use of Artificial Intelligence and Decision Automation will creat...	DSS Foundations	Feb 12, 2019
Can smartphone apps increase collaboration? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Smartphones have enabled a mobile world and these devices have initiated a series of significant chang...	DSS Foundations	Oct 18, 2015
Is the semantic web vision relevant to DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Semantic web describes a vision and design guidelines and tools to let software applications read and un...	Building DSS	Feb 20, 2008
Can DSS impact decision outcomes? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Building a computerized decision support system does not necessarily improve decision outcomes. Sadly, a p...	DSS Theory	Apr 02, 2008
How can ambient intelligence assist people in decision making? by Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Placing sensors and other computing devices in working and living spaces creates opportunities for real-time c...	DSS Foundations	Aug 06, 2018
How does organization level impact decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com A wide variety of managerial decisions are made in each organization's hierarchy. Many of those decision...	Building DSS	Aug 05, 2008
Is reengineering needed to build an effective DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com No! Some specific business decision processes have serious weaknesses and problems that can be solved by i...	Building DSS	Nov 15, 2007
What steps can lead to digital transformation? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Digital transformation is an ongoing and evolving process of change that is focused on generating, an...	DSS Foundations	Jan 07, 2018
What are major managerial dilemmas of digital transformation? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Managers face some difficult choices among potentially disruptive or in other ways undesirable soluti...	DSS Foundations	May 29, 2017
How can managers cope with digital disruption? by Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Nineteen fifty one (1951) marks the beginning of the first wave of economic and social digital disruption and tr...	DSS Foundations	Jun 25, 2018
What is an information system? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Modern information systems combine computing hardware, software, networking and storage infrastructu...	DSS Foundations	Jan 11, 2020
What is a decision system? Daniel J. Power, Ciara Heavin, and Peter Keenan A decision system is a collection of information-processing components that interact to make deci...	DSS Foundations	Sep 02, 2018
What is a "performance" dashboard? A few days ago, I received a very nice promotional brochure from iViz Group (ivizgroup.com) about their "innovative Dashboard and Scorecard software...	Data-driven DSS	Feb 05, 2006
What rules should guide DSS user interface design? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com People must interact with a computerized decision support system to use it. The design of the software inte...	Building DSS	Feb 14, 2011
What is the role of decision support in virtual organizations? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Computerized decision support helps make virtual organizations possible. DSS is an enabler and a facilitat...	Communications-driven DSS	Mar 06, 2016
Do DSS builders assume their targeted users are rational thinkers? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Attitudes that we, as DSS builders, have toward potential users of a proposed DSS influences our design cho...	Building DSS	Feb 26, 2011
What is a modern decision support system? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com "Modern" refers to recent times and recent innovations. Modern decision support is evolving rapidly ...	DSS Foundations	Mar 19, 2017
What policies should govern Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications are reaching the point where both organizations and governm...	DSS Foundations	Aug 05, 2020
How does business analytics differ from data analytics? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Both business analytics and data analytics are relatively new terms in the business lexicon. Students...	DSS Foundations	Jun 24, 2018

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