DSS News D. J. Power, Editor February 13, 2011 -- Vol. 12, No. 4 A Free Bi-Weekly Publication of DSSResources.COM approximately 2,100 subscribers In this issue: 1) What rules should guide DSS user interface design? 2) DSS Conferences/Call for Papers 3) Recent DSS News Headlines ****************************************************************** 1) 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 interface between the application and the user largely determines whether a given DSS will be used and whether it will be used effectively. Research and past experience suggests "rules" or "guidelines" for building the interface. The software interface should be the central design focus, but it is important to examine broadly the total user experience. The following is a heavily prescriptive, modestly technical discussion of how to develop an interface for a wide variety of computerized decision support systems. Continue reading at http://dssresources.com/faq/index.php?action=artikel&id=143 *********** Support DSS News! Advertise here! ************** 2) DSS Conferences/Call for Papers 1. Call for papers: ICDSS 2011 - International Conference on DSS, June 6-7, 2011, Tilburg University, the Netherlands, due March 1, 2011. Check http://www.icdss2011.org/ . 2. Call for papers: AMCIS Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management track in Detroit August 4-7, 2011. Check http://amcis2011.aisnet.org/. ************************************************************ Purchase Dan Power's Decision Support Basics http://businessexpertpress.com/books/decision-support-basics ************************************************************ 3) Recent DSS News Headlines 02/11/2011 Sybase IQ delivers best performance results for enterprise-scale data warehousing and analytics. 02/11/2011 IBM announces eight Universities contributing to the Watson Computing System's development. 02/11/2011 CMU and IBM collaborate on open computing system for advancing research on question answering. 02/10/2011 Independent analyst firm declares Teradata 'the most scalable, flexible, cloud-capable EDW solution in today's market'. 02/09/2011 IBM SPSS business analytics helps Sequoia Hospital cut mortality rates in cardiac surgery by 50 percent 02/08/2011 Blackboard launches Blackboard Analytics, a new solution for data analytics in education. 02/07/2011 DemandTec adds more collaboration capabilities to the DemandTec network. Read the news at DSSResources.COM ****** Please tell your DSS friends about DSSResources.COM ***** DSS News is copyrighted (c) 2011 by D. J. Power. Please send your questions to daniel.power@dssresources.com. Connect with Dan Power at http://www.linkedin.com/in/danpower This list is hosted by the University of Northern Iowa in the spirit of cooperation with the network community. The opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect those of the University or its employees. The University shall not be liable for any damages which may result directly or indirectly from errors or omissions in or application of information distributed via this group. You may leave this list by sending a message to: MAILSERV@uni.edu where the body of the message contains: UNSUB dssnews Please tell your friends they may join the list by sending a message to: MAILSERV@uni.edu where the body of the message contains: SUB dssnews Thanks for reading and for supporting DSS News. |