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Facilitator

A person(s) who manages the use of a Group Decision Support System from initial planning through actual operation of the GDSS.

Feasibility Study

A study of the technical and economic prospects for developing a system prior to actually committing resources to developing it.

Function-Specific DSS

A decision support system that holds and derives knowledge relevant for decisions about some function an organization performs. For example, a DSS may support a marketing function like advertising or a production function like resource planning.