IS 466: Decision Support Systems

This course covers the following topics: the decision making process, decision making and support systems (DSS), modeling and support, categorization of problem-solving techniques, data management and concepts of the data warehousing, modeling of management problems; decision analysis and forecasting models and simulation models, decision tree induction, association analysis for supporting deciders, knowledge-based systems and expert systems, expert system architecture, representation of knowledge, forward and backward chaining, inferences making process, applications of expert systems in decision making, group, distributed, and executive decision support systems.