************************************************************ DSS News by D. J. Power October 9, 2000 -- No. 12 A Bi-Weekly Publication of DSSResources.COM ************************************************************ Check the Researchers Directory at http://dssresources.com ************************************************************ Featured: * Ask Dan! -- What are the main types or categories of decision models used in DSS model base software? * What's New at DSSResources.COM * DSS News Stories ************************************************************ We have more than 2100 visitors each week at DSSResources.COM and we now have more than 330 subscribers to this newsletter. Please forward this email to colleagues who are interested in DSS. They can subscribe by sending a blank message to dssresources-subscribe@topica.com . ************************************************************ Ask Dan! Posted By Samuel Teong on October 06, 2000 What are the main types or categories of decision models used in DSS model base software? Recently, I posted Chapter 9 of my DSS Hyperbook that discusses building Model-Driven DSS. As I wrote and rewrote the chapter, I had to choose among various organizing frameworks. In the most recent revision I tried to examine 10 Management Science problem types: Cost-benefit analysis; Forecasting; Finance and investment; Inventory control and stockout; Location, allocation, distribution and transportation; Manpower planning and assignment; Project planning and control; Queuing and congestion; Reliability and replacement policy; and Sequencing and scheduling. I finally decided to discuss these 10 common decision support problem types in terms of five general categories of models: accounting and financial models, decision analysis models, forecasting models, network and optimization models, and simulation models. This structure helped organize my thinking. I deal with statistical, and artificial intelligence models in my chapter on Knowledge-Driven DSS and mining data .... I would especially appreciate any comments on Chapter 9. Please send me your comments or post them to the DSSResources.COM Bulletin Board. ************************************************************ What's New! at DSSResources.COM 10/03/2000 Updated and posted Chapter 9 "Building Model-Driven Decision Support Systems" of the DSS Hyperbook. 09/27/2000 Posted Chapter 4, Chapter 5, and Chapter 6 DSS Book Slide Shows. ************************************************************ DSS News Stories - Sept. 22 to Oct. 06, 2000 10/06/2000 'Transforming Information into Opportunity' is theme of ShowCase's User Conference, COMPASS 2000, Oct. 8-11, 2000, Orlando, Fla. 10/05/2000 Enron plans to provide computers, broadband access to employees for use at home. 10/05/2000 MathSoft Data Analysis Division introduced S-PLUSĀ® 6 for UNIX/Linux. Major upgrade includes Java-based Graphical User Interface and connectivity. 10/04/2000 NCR funded study predicts total market for terabyte-sized data warehouse systems should reach 3,200 by 2002. 10/03/2000 CACI forms strategic alliance with Maximal to offer Data Visualization and Analysis Tool. 10/02/2000 LeapSource unveils CxO Desktop Interface. Executives can monitor key business indicators, receive financial updates via laptop or Palm VII. 09/29/2000 MicroStrategy launched online store. Try MicroStrategy 7 with full featured hands-on demo. 09/28/2000 LeaseLoan is speeding up the contract financing process using Web-based automated credit evaluation. 09/27/2000 Hyperion Performance Scorecard now features full Web-deployment and access to Hackett Benchmarking & Research database. 09/27/2000 NCR's Teradata database now supports Extensible Markup Language (XML), the Common Warehouse Model (CWM), and the Open Information Model (OIM). 09/26/2000 IBM's LotusDevelopment announced the public beta availability of LotusSametime 2.0, its real-time collaboration platform. 09/25/2000 Sagent Technology announced the Sagent Portal, a second generation information portal that integrates a broad range of content and applications. 09/25/2000 Competing Data Warehousing standards merge. Meta Data Coalition will merge with Object Management Group. 09/25/2000 Net Perceptions introduced E-commerce analyst software. 09/22/2000 DM Review announced its 2000 Readership Awards. ************************************************************ This newsletter is available online at http://dssresources.com/newsletters/ . ************************************************************ DSS News is copyrighted (c) 2000 by D. J. Power. Please send your email to power@dssresources.com. You have previously subscribed to the DSS News Mailing List. To unsubcribe, send an email to dssresources-unsubscribe@topica.com . |