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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 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 is the need for decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com There is a growing need for decision support: 1) decision-making is challenging and the challenge to ...	DSS Foundations	Apr 29, 2017
Can DSS help avoid hacking? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Maybe. One way to explore this question is to examine specific hacking examples and consider if DSS w...	DSS Foundations	Oct 15, 2018
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
What was the DSS News in October 2000? by Daniel Power Volume 1, issue number 12 of DSS News was published October 9, 2000. Then as now DSS News was a bi-weekly publication of DSSResourc...	DSS Foundations	Oct 11, 2020
What is currently possible with communications-driven decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Technology has improved for supporting groups and teams since 2001. In a status report (Power,2001), the co...	DSS Foundations	Sep 28, 2013
How should Decision Support Systems present apparently "Bad News"? On Saturday, January 22, 2005, a special issue of DSS News was sent to all 1066 subscribers. The purpose of the special mailing was to showcase some...	Building DSS	Aug 16, 2005
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
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 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
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
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
What are some examples of web-based DSS? Most people who read about decision support systems want to try one. This is understandable given the promise associated with an information system th...	DSS Applications	Aug 07, 2005
What factors indicate a special study is more appropriate than a DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Personal and organizational factors, cultural factors, decision factors, information factors and psycholog...	Building DSS	Dec 26, 2015
What is a computer supported special decision study? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Frequently, computerized tools are used to prepare one-time special studies and reports in unstructured, ...	DSS Foundations	Dec 23, 2015
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 is currently possible with Communications-Driven DSS? For more than a week in October 2001, I tried to use Communication and Information Technologies to coordinate my teaching activities and manage DSSRes...	Communications-driven DSS	Aug 06, 2005
What is analytics? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Analytics refers to quantitative and statistical analysis of data. Analytic capabilities are important in...	DSS Foundations	Oct 07, 2020
What are sources of data for building a data-driven DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Managers and IT staff who are thinking about opportunities for building innovative, data-driven decision su...	DSS Foundations	Jun 20, 2014
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 is mobile business intelligence? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Mobile business intelligence refers to data-driven decision support applications on mobile devices like sma...	DSS Foundations	Nov 20, 2012
What is the potential size of the NSEERS database? The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) is creating a number of very large databases to support a variety of operations and processes. ...	DSS Applications	Aug 07, 2005
How many DSS related pages are on the Web in Fall 2020? by Daniel Power For many years, I have been tracking search engine results for the phrases "decision support systems", "decision support", and "DSS...	DSS Foundations	Oct 24, 2020
Is decision support outsourcing a mistake? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Outsourcing of any organization capability, function or task should be driven by strategy not simply ...	DSS Foundations	Apr 26, 2015
Is security important for decision support applications? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Decision support applications often contain sensitive data that should be secured. Also, a common sou...	DSS Foundations	Apr 14, 2013
What are the main differences between GDSS and Groupware? Definition questions like this one are common in my email and on the DSSResources.COM Bulletin Board. Emma Gilmartin posted the above question on May ...	Group DSS	Aug 06, 2005
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 is mobile business analytics and intelligence? by Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Decision support "on-the-go" is expanding in terms of capabilities. Off premise BI, Mobile BI or Mobile Intell...	DSS Foundations	Jan 21, 2017
What is data warehousing? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com For at least a hundred years, warehousing has referred to the short or long term storage of items in a spec...	DSS Foundations	Feb 18, 2010
How can decision support create competitive advantage? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Managers want to create capabilities that provide a competitive advantage. Decision support, analyti...	DSS Theory	Mar 02, 2013
What are the similarities and differences between Data-Driven and Document-Driven DSS? Document-Driven DSS is a relatively new category of Decision Support. There are certainly similarities to the more familiar Data-Driven DSS, but there...	Document-driven DSS	Aug 06, 2005
Is ETL software needed to build a model-driven DSS? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM ETL refers to software used in the process of extracting data from a data source, transforming or alt...	Model-driven DSS	Apr 15, 2017
What software tools should be used to build Web-based DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Many Information Systems people, including students and managers, want to do more that try a Web-based DSS...	Building DSS	Mar 18, 2009
What are the features of a communications-driven DSS? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Questions about the features and characteristics of the five types of DSS (Power, 2002) are common i...	Communications-driven DSS	Mar 02, 2007
What should managers know about business intelligence and data-driven decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Most managers want to make fact-based decisions. Many large organizations have implemented database syste...	DSS Foundations	Aug 13, 2012
What is age appropriate data use? Daniel J. Power Editor DSSResources.com The abuse and misuse of data can negatively impact behavior, hurt feelings, and in some cases cause seriou...	DSS Foundations	May 26, 2019
What is social media? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com How we communicate, obtain and process information for personal and work decisions is changing. The transfo...	DSS Foundations	May 10, 2011
What are the basics of data warehousing? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM For at least one hundred years, warehousing has referred to the short- or long-term storage of items ...	DSS Foundations	Apr 24, 2014
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
How can we provide Web access to a Data Warehouse and DSS database? Some database software directly supports Web access, with other database management systems (DBMSs) you will need to use an intermediary application p...	Data-driven DSS	Aug 06, 2005
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
What are common data mining mistakes? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Data mining is a broad term for identifying patterns in data, analyzing data and summarizing it into useful...	DSS Foundations	Dec 19, 2010
How does a document management system differ from a Document-Driven DSS? Vannevar Bush's 1945 vision of a memex that stores everything one has seen and read for fast retrieval is the goal for document management systems. Su...	Document-driven DSS	Aug 06, 2005
How can data scientists cope with organization politics? by Daniel Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Business analytics, data analytics and decision support often create political concerns for organization...	DSS Foundations	Jul 21, 2019
Is an insight-driven organization myth or reality? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com An insight-driven organization seems more like marketing hype, building on a catchy name, than reality. O...	DSS Foundations	Aug 18, 2019
What is the expanded DSS framework? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM The expanded Decision Support Systems framework specifies a primary technology dimension and 3 seco...	DSS Foundations	Jun 21, 2015
What is a DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com "What is a DSS?" is a fundamental question that many have addressed over the years. It seems appropriate to...	DSS Foundations	Mar 20, 2009
Why study computerized decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Using information technologies to improve decision making is interesting and important. Sadly, we seem to ...	DSS Foundations	Feb 05, 2012
How do decision situations differ? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision situations differ in terms of structure, complexity, uncertainty, and importance to name a few s...	DSS Foundations	Aug 21, 2020

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