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Decision support and expert systems : management support systems / Efraim Turban.

By: Turban, Efraim.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Englewood Cliffs : Prentice-Hall, 1995Edition: 4th ed.Description: xxv, 887, 36, 7 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0024217018.Subject(s): Management -- Data processing | Decision support systems | Expert systems (Computer science)DDC classification: 658.4030285
Contents:
Part 1: Introduction -- Management support systems: An overview -- Decision making, systems, modeling and support -- Part 2: Decision support systems -- Decision support systems: An overview -- Data management -- Modeling and model management -- User interface -- Constructing a decision support system -- Organizational DSS and advanced topics -- Part 3: Enterprise support systems -- Group decision support systems -- Distributed group support systems -- Executive information and support systems -- Part 4: Fundamentals of artificial intelligence and expert systems -- Applied artificial intelligence: An overview -- Fundamentals of expert systems -- Knowledge acquisition and validation -- Knowledge representation -- Inferences, explanations and uncertainty -- Building expert systems: Process and tools -- Part 5: Cutting edge decision support technologies -- Neural computing: the basics -- Neural computing applications, genetic algorithms and fuzzy logic -- Part 6: Integration and implementation -- Integrating decision support technologies -- Implementing management support systems -- Organizational and societal impacts of management support systems.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Store 658.4030285 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00014500
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Introduces managers and students to management support systems technologies such as decision support systems (DSS), group decision support systems, executive information systems, expert systems, and artificial neural networks. Covers integration and implementation of support systems, and organizational and societal impacts of such systems. Includes a glossary, and an example of a student-developed DSS. This fourth edition includes new material on groupware technologies, fuzzy logic, and visual spreadsheets. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Introduction -- Management support systems: An overview -- Decision making, systems, modeling and support -- Part 2: Decision support systems -- Decision support systems: An overview -- Data management -- Modeling and model management -- User interface -- Constructing a decision support system -- Organizational DSS and advanced topics -- Part 3: Enterprise support systems -- Group decision support systems -- Distributed group support systems -- Executive information and support systems -- Part 4: Fundamentals of artificial intelligence and expert systems -- Applied artificial intelligence: An overview -- Fundamentals of expert systems -- Knowledge acquisition and validation -- Knowledge representation -- Inferences, explanations and uncertainty -- Building expert systems: Process and tools -- Part 5: Cutting edge decision support technologies -- Neural computing: the basics -- Neural computing applications, genetic algorithms and fuzzy logic -- Part 6: Integration and implementation -- Integrating decision support technologies -- Implementing management support systems -- Organizational and societal impacts of management support systems.