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What are sensors, actuators and effectors? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Sensors provide data on the immediate, surrounding or ambient environment of interest for control or ...	DSS Foundations	Mar 16, 2019
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
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 User Experience (UX) design for building DSS? by Ciara Heavin Managing Editor, Journal of Decision Systems and Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM People must interact with a compu...	DSS Foundations	Nov 15, 2018
Can decision support reduce the bike shed problem? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Important decision situations often have many issues that need to be addressed. Some issues are more ...	DSS Foundations	May 04, 2015
What is an algorithmic system? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com An algorithm (pronounced AL-go-rith-um) is a well-defined procedure for solving a problem, based on ...	DSS Foundations	Jun 25, 2018
How does a data architecture impact decision support capabilities? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM A data architecture is important, but sometimes the task of creating a formal architecture document se...	DSS Foundations	Mar 31, 2015
What is a Spatial DSS? &subarticlby Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Web-based systems like Google Maps and MapQuest have demonstrated the importance and value of hav...	Data-driven DSS	Aug 06, 2005
What are characteristics of a decision support system? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com How do you know a computerized system is a decision support system (DSS)? This question is important becaus...	DSS Theory	Oct 05, 2005
What role does a data steward have in providing decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM All varieties of data-driven decision support, whether an integrated application, a business intellig...	DSS Foundations	Apr 27, 2013
What is digital disruption? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Digital disruption can be viewed as either a problem or as an opportunity or even perhaps as both sim...	DSS Foundations	May 14, 2019
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
Can decision support developers reduce the probability of solving the ‘wrong’ problem? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Data analytics and decision support systems are intended to help people, especially managers, make be...	DSS Foundations	Jun 25, 2017
What is a decision question? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM What should we do? Who should do it? Where should a new facility be located? How should a new product...	DSS Foundations	Nov 13, 2019
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
What is a data modeler? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM In the era of rapidly expanding, diverse data, someone needs to identify patterns and regularities in...	DSS Foundations	Sep 21, 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 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 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 the role of people in machine learning? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Many tools exist for modeling data using machine learning (ML). The tools have been automated and the...	DSS Foundations	Jan 13, 2021
What is a system? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com System is used as part of many technology-related concepts including decision support system (DSS) and tran...	DSS Foundations	Nov 06, 2009
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
What is a data scientist? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM A practitioner of the emerging discipline of data science is called a data scientist. Data science is...	DSS Foundations	Sep 26, 2014
What is business analytics? by Daniel J. Power, Ciara Heavin, James McDermott, and Mary Daly Business analytics (BA) is an abstraction and generalization of many activities ...	DSS Foundations	Mar 16, 2019
What is agile project management? Daniel J. Power and Ciara Heavin Applying agile values and principles to managing a project is commonly identified as Agile Project Management (AP...	DSS Foundations	Mar 15, 2020
What is machine learning? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM "A computing machine learns to make and improve its predictions by performing calculations from data a...	DSS Foundations	Apr 01, 2017
What is the future of decision support and analytics? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Decision support and business analytics can provide managers the numbers and metrics for both day-to-...	DSS Foundations	Nov 26, 2019
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 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
What is digital data? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Blog posts, tweets and high definition movies are all digitized. We live in a digital universe of bit...	DSS Foundations	Jan 04, 2020
What is data? by Daniel J. Power Data is important. Data is growing rapidly. Approximately 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created each day or 2.5 billion giga...	DSS Foundations	Jan 06, 2020
When is "real-time" decision support desirable and needed? My Ask Dan! column “What is ‘real-time’ decision support in DSS News (Vol. 3, No. 24) struck a chord with some readers. This column is a follow-...	Building DSS	Aug 06, 2005
What are the components of a decision support system? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Traditionally, academics and practitioners have discussed building a decision support system (DSS) in terms...	DSS Theory	Aug 26, 2005
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
What is the process for designing decision support software? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Recently, I received an email from Michael Brito asking if I "could explain the process for designing deci...	Building DSS	Oct 22, 2006
What is business intelligence? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Business intelligence (BI) is often viewed as a term similar to military or competitive intelligence. And h...	DSS Foundations	Aug 06, 2005
What are advantages and disadvantages of data warehouses? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com The concept of a data warehouse for decision support traces back to about 1990 and the works of Bill Inmon...	Data-driven DSS	Dec 03, 2008
What is a RESTful decision support application? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM A specific decision support vision and a well-defined architecture for a new application provides a d...	DSS Foundations	Jan 19, 2014
How are processes related to enterprise systems? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Enterprise systems support business processes. Implementing new enterprise systems may require extens...	DSS Foundations	May 07, 2019
How does a DSS differ from an MIS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Some Decision Support Systems (DSS) are Management Information Systems (MIS), but DSS serve purposes other ...	DSS Foundations	Sep 28, 2009
What is decision support planning? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision support planning is an anticipatory decision-making process that involves critical thinking about ...	DSS Theory	Jun 23, 2009
How can DSS impact steps in a general decision process model? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com There are many types of computerized decision support systems that support a diverse set of tasks. Exper...	DSS Foundations	May 14, 2008
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
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 real-time decision support? The question of "real-time" decision support has been addressed in articles and books for almost 30 years, but as computing, sensor, and net...	Building DSS	Aug 06, 2005
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
Can DSS enhance sustainability efforts? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Sustainability is the capacity to endure. Computerized decision support can potentially help managers and i...	DSS Foundations	Jul 30, 2012
How should decision support projects be managed? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Since the early 1950s, much has been written about project management. This literature prescribes generic ...	Building DSS	May 11, 2014
What is a Group Decision Support System (GDSS)? How do GDSS work? Let's start with a definition. A Group Decision Support System (GDSS) is an interactive, computer-based system that helps a team of decision-makers so...	Group DSS	Aug 06, 2005

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