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From: simonof@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Simonoff Robert  301 540 1864)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Decision Support Systems
Summary: What is one
Message-ID: <1991Apr3.002410.23862@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
Date: 3 Apr 91 00:24:10 GMT
Sender: Bob Simonoff
Reply-To: simonof@aplcen (Simonoff Robert  301 540 1864)
Organization: Johns Hopkins University
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Please help, I have heard about decision support systems, but
do not know what one is.  Is it mearly a system that aids one
in the decision making process?  If so, suppose a decision
support system were embedded in a larger system, and the
DSS (decision support system) provided information to other
modules, would it still be a DSS or does it have to help a human
make decisions?

I need a cut and dried approach for ascertaining whether or not
a given system is a decision support system.  I hope it is more
than simply - assists in making decisions...

Thanks.
Bob Simonoff

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