Decision Support System Glossary

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CLO55ARY

bdck-and-morlar Pureph)sicalorganizationscoryoru.

busincss

Gyslen)

analyst An individualwhose

oh

i' r(,

rnxlv/ehu..ne* pru(LsL.

anJ he.ut |n

rhe

n . ,

r. .

(o.

need) rorn

nlormalion echnolosv

I'usiDc$

activily monitodng

(BAM)

s$tens Thcscs\s

tems

consisl lrcal time systemshat

lert managcrso

polenlial

opportunilies. impending

troblcnrs.

iDd

threals,

nd hcn cmpower hem o reacl

hrcughmod

els and c(,llaboralion.

Situationsare de1e.1cd

n rcal

time,quickly

malyzcd, ndsolved.

husine$

an{lJtics

(BA)

The

application oi nrdels

directly

1obusircssdata. lsing DSS

ods

(r.e

business

intclligcrce). especiall),models,

n assisrins ecision

makcrs.Esscntially LAPiDss.

burin$s inrclltgcncc

Br)

The ure oianalyticalmethods,

oithorntrrurlly or auromatica

ly. o dcrivc clationshps

rrom

dAla.Sccbusiness nalytic|.

ata-mining, ecision-

iuppon

systcms,nlineanalylical roccssingOLAP).

businls nrclllgcncc

ooh An infornMtion sysrem hal

allows usen to view

datr h driAbrscs and inlerprer

thcnl easily nd quickly.lt

s usuAlly elared o

an EtS.

buslncsi

procers

eengineoring

BPR)

A ftethodology

fof introducing

n fund mcntnl chAnge n specific

busi-

ncss

pfocesses.Ilir

su,rlly upported y an nrormarion

buftncis

proc$

nanagencnr

(BPM)

sy3lcm This

ypc

or syslern ulcgratcs drta. applications,and pcoplc

iogether

hrough conrmon lusiness

nroccss.Il

aims1o

$treamliuo

aDd ubnrate business

roccsscs,

hus olt-

selling

(hc

adniDislfative burden of thc

oreaniz tion

n'1dcrcrling

aD cnvironmentwhere proccssc

csn bc

leverasc'l dslralcgic value.

See

Darz,2002:aud

IKB.

2003.)

buJ-ilde

mrrkctploc

A nrodel n

$hich

El(crronic

um-

nrerce echnology s

uscd o stfeamline he

purchasing

process

n ordcr

1o cduce he cosl of ilems purchascd.

thc adninistr^tive

cosi

of procuienont.

and tllc pur

ch singclclc tiine.

cs.er rdders Differenl

career

pnlhs

thal individuals

may kkc in an organizalion.

For examplc. horc arc

man'rgcmcnl arhs nd

rechnical

a$s.

csse ibrsry lto knowlcdge ase

ofacase-bnscdcasoD

cme-bused cNoning

(CBR)

A melhodolosyh which

knowlcdsca.d/or inferences

re dcrivcd fron histori

c'iscrn,nascncnt systcn

(CMS)

A syslcn for nanas

rng hc largc volune of cases

n an organ;ldonal dcci

sion-support ystcn.

certainty A conditioDunder wlich

i1 is assumed hrt

fulure v.lucs arc knowD br sure

and only one rcsult s

rssocialcdwith an actio..

certainty Ihctor

(CF)

A percenlage

supplicd bv n

expcrt svstem hat indicates he probability lhal dr.

coDclusion eachedbv the stslem

s corcct. Also. thc

d. .ee ('l bclicl an expertha$ ha( a ccrraincon.lu.i

\11loc.ur

t a ccrlain

premise

s lruc.

(cr ls in l l

lhton A rrametror l

ur rJpre.enrrnL

\orking

wj lh

d.Sfeesof

bel ic i of t rue and t \ .

kno$lcdgc

b scd systems.

.hannel

ronllict wtren

onc ncthod

(or

chann.l

reuchng

customers

indcrsor inrpedes n(,thcr

mcrh

.:

oi rcrching

custohen.

chierlnorlcdsc

officer

CKO)

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person

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kn, '$ l ( , . lFL

,rnJgcm(nr

l rorr

rdn

nrSani/ : , r , . ,

choic phssc

Tle third phasc

h decision-makin

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n , ' l rernir i \ (

5sLl(crJd.

chromosolnc A candidllc

snution lor

a

gcnctic

L:

(hunkinF

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problcnrs

nlo

subprohlcms.

ch$ A term used

n objcct-orientedprogrlnrmrr.

dcsignAte

Sroup

otitcms

with

the samo

hrftclea- .-

(c.g.,thc

Fiarcar

in a chssoftransportalion).

d$sificrllon nodel

tur ES,a nodel

cnplolcd in

hu

j

ing cxperl

syrlcms hat uses

roductioD

ulcsandc,n...

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boundcd

foblen

with

icw known

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.

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cllck-and-brick

ryanlrrtioos)

r

-

g

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i t icsbut hci pdma|v

busincss

s donc n the

ph\. . .

cllcnl/server rchilcclure A ucrwork sysrenr n \r:--

severnlPCscl icnts)sharc

hc

mcmory ndorhcr .1:

bililics

ol A lafger compulcr

or thoseof

prirles.

J. ,

brscs,

Dd 0 on

herlcrt.

cogn ive

limih The liftits

ot thc abiliry

('l

thc hur::

mind b proccss,

tore.rnd ocall

ntixnrarion.

cognillre

style

(cognltlon)

Thc subieclive

pn\...

through wl

ch individualsorgauizc

and chansc nl

mationduring

hc decision-nMkingrocess.

collrbor tins

multlrgenls Mulliplc

aBentsworlinL

coll$bontiic

conmerce

(c-conncrcc)

A rypc of , L-.

lronic comnerce

whercbusiDcspartnen,

usudllt rl,

-

lhe

supply

chain,

ollaborac cloclrorically.

collabo.alivc

mputing

The shdrcd omputerird \ .

when

1woor nore people

work togcther

e.g..

\

u-.-.

icreen

shanDg)-Seeroupwucigroup

supporlsv\l(r

-

collabor$tiie ilcnng

A me|hod or generarins,r ,

::

endations rom

user

prolilc.

lt usei preferenc :

:

olher

uscn ol similar

behrvior o

predict

he

prelerc._.

ollhe particular

user.

collahoralire

workflo$

manngemcna A dajor

nril :

collaborating

n processes

t busiDcss ctivities .-

furctions

ircluding: planning

and scheduling,

en:

new producl

intbrmation, producr

conrent manr:

nent,

order managemenl,

Ddsourcing

and

procu:.

communilyof practice COP) A sroup of people n . :

organ;ation

with a cornmon rolessional

nterest.

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CAI)

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conputcrsuppo

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conccplual

grtph (C(i)

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how

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knowtcdgc

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852 CLO55ARY

Decision anabhi .l?econtrollable ariables.

dccision-makirg The

actionof selecling nong ahema'

decision-supportyitens

(DSS)

Compuler-balednlor-

mation systems hai combine modcls and dara rn an

attempt1osolvenonslruclurcd

roblcmswilh

cxtcm\c

uscr nvohcmcnt hough a ftiendly uscrinlertace.

declarstive nowledg Thc rcprcscntationol tactsand

dchrrtiye rulc8 Rules hal slale nll lhe tacls and rcla-

tionshipsnvolved n a

problcm.

dductive eosoning tn logic, casoningiom thc

seneral

1o hc spccific.Consequent easoningn which conclu-

sions ollow

premises.

dcep knowlcdgc A representation f information

about

thc internal and causal tructureof a systern hat con-

sidcrs hc interaclions mong he sysrenk components.

dcop epr.scnladon A model hat captures llthe forns

ofknowledgeusedbyexperti in their reasoning.

dctuurfficaaton Creating a crisp solution fron

a

fuzzy

Iogicsolution.

dclndh'lduatlon A feeling

of beingseparatedrom oth.

ers

that can lead to behavior violating cslablished

norlnsoi appror'riateness.

Dclphl Melhod A

qualiladle

forecasdngmethodology

usinganonymous

ueslionnaires,

iJecdve or tchno.

lL)Sicalorecasung nd

lor forL.casringnvohing scn5i-

de'n.nd chain Thc flow of matc als from an opcration

to thc lin0l dcmand. t includesorder

generaiion,

ak-

ing. and futtillmcnt and has been ntegrated nto th

supplychaiD.

de'nor

(or

&mon) A

proccdurc

thal runs if a spccific

predefined

late s

recognizcd.

denoDstrstior prolotype

A snall-scale

prototype

of a

lusual l ) \pcf l r s\ ,rcm hdl

Jumonnral 5omcmaj,r r

cdprbililicsoi rhc

inallystcm on a rudimentary asis.Il

is uscd o

gainsupport

anlonguse|sandmanagers.

dendite The

part

of a

biological

neuron hat

provides

depndentvqriabl3 A sysrcn's measureof efTective-

depth-fiist sclrch A scarch procedure

thai explorcs

cach branchof a scarch rec to

irs full

vertical ength.

Each branch s scarchedor a solutioniifnone s found,

a new venicalbranch

s

searched

o its depih,and

so on.

d$criptivc nodcls Models hat describe hings

as bey

desisn

ph8

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pus' ib l r

alrcrDar ir r .n decr ' ionmakinC ndd.\c 'srnB

deskloppnicbssi t rg A

var iar ion

l e procuremcnl n

which supplien' catalogs re aggregated

n an

'nternal

mastercatalogo. the buver'ssefler. so

that

the com

pany's purchasingagentsor evenend-users an shop

more convememy.

delemiDistic nodels Modcls constructed undr

$uned certainty

namely,lherc is only one

po$ible

(

andknown) resull

of eachallcmativccou$e oi actron

drelopDcrt environments

Partsof expertsystemshar

are usedby

builders.Thcynclude he knowledge ase.

rhe i.ferenc0

cnginc. knowledge

acqujsition. and

impr^\ inH

Ld.uniop apdb' l r ry.he knnuledg(

nEl

nee. and

the ei(pcrtarc considered art of

theseent,'

dcvclopDetrt

trsiegies Mctlods used o analyze, esign.

and mplemenl

computu syslems.

directory A culalogof all the data n

a database r all h.

models

n a nodcl base.

dirbel ict lhc desreeof hehel har somcrhrng: nul

diltancc e{rntng

(DL)

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l lcarning

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r

involvos

oolsor technologies esigned

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restriclions

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carning

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u:e LL.lccomnrLrtu(.,.

tion nctworks.

roupware.

elephones,

axes. nd tclc\

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intelligenc

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agentsysten for problem-solving.

plitting of a

pfoh

lcm into multiple cooperating

systcms n dcrivins a

document msnrgment

Thc automatcd man0gcmenr

rnd control of digitized

documcnts hroughout th.r

life-cycle.

documcnt mrnagemcnt

uyctmi

tDMSt

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systems

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hardwarc ottware) hAt allow ihe flo$.

storage,elieval.

and uscofdigitized documents.

docunented

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sources ot based

irecllyon humanexpertise.

donnin An area of

experlisc.

donaln n ncs The o(rcial

namcassignedo an Interner

site. onsisting f nultiple

pa

s,scparatcd y dots.which

are tnnslsled from

righl ro lcft in locating the site.

domrln.specific

oob Software shells designed o

h.

used only in

thc dcvclopment of a specific areai (tr

example. diagnostic ystcln.

&ill do*n The nvesligalion f infornation in detail: or

example. inding nol only iolal salesbut

also

salesb\

region. y

product,

or by salcsperson.

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application A DSS

progran

built

for a

specific ur

pose:

or exanplc, a schcdulingsystem

or a

specilic

conpany.S.e spccificDSs.

DSS

gnrslor

(ersin)

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pnr

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quicklv

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specifi.

DSS.

DSS

ntegrrtd ool A loolkit for DSS developmerl.Ir

includes

spreadsheel.dalabascmanagement vsrem

graphics.

nd other eatures

DSS pfinrry

lools Fcaturcs hat facilitate

le develop,

ment of eil her a DSS

scncrator

or

a

specific

DSS, uch

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853

Dss^lcchnologJcvts A tiamc$ort

tor undersran.ling

DSS

devclopmenlrspecrfic

SS_

SS gencralors.

nd

DSS

ools

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