Decision Support Systems and Intelligent Systems [Hardcover]

Efraim Turban (Author), Jay E. Aronson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0137409370 | ISBN-13: 978-0137409372 | Publication Date: October 27, 1997 | Edition: 5

This book is widely known for its comprehensive treatment of decision support theory and how it is applied.

Through four editions, this book has defined the course and set the standard for up-to-date coverage of the latest decision support theories and practices by managers and organizations. This fifth edition has been streamlined and updated throughout to reflect new computing technologies. Chapter 9 has been completely rewritten to focus on the Internet and Intranet. The reader will find expanded coverage of data warehousing, data mining, on-line analytical processes, and an entirely new chapter on intelligent agents (Ch. 19). Internet related topics and links to Internet exercises and cases appear throughout the new edition.

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This book is widely known for its comprehensive treatment of decision support theory and how it is applied. Through four editions, this book has defined the course and set the standard for up-to-date coverage of the latest decision support theories and practices by managers and organizations. This fifth edition has been streamlined and updated throughout to reflect new computing technologies. Chapter 9 has been completely rewritten to focus on the Internet and Intranet. The reader will find expanded coverage of data warehousing, data mining, on-line analytical processes, and an entirely new chapter on intelligent agents (Ch. 19). Internet related topics and links to Internet exercises and cases appear throughout the new edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 890 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div; 5 edition (October 27, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0137409370
• ISBN-13: 978-0137409372
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,805,888 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Purpose of the book: separate you from your money???, September 21, 2005

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Patrick Thompson (Sydney, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Decision Support Systems and Intelligent Systems (7th Edition) (Hardcover)

As far as I can tell the prupose of this book is to separate you from a great deal of your money!

It has a great deal to say about nothing. There is very little substantive detail on anything! Which, given it's size, really is quite amazing! This book will not teach you how to concretely implement any decision support system. It waffles on at a very distant level about such systems but never gets down in the trenches, if you know what I mean. It's basically why (though only just) rather than how! And for me, that makes this book a very pricey door jam.

Seriously, I was really underwhelmed and disappointed by the book. I ended up buying Statistics, Data Analysis and Decision Modeling by Evens and Olson (isbn: 0130783838) to find the information and practice that I need (decision modeling rather than decision support systems per se). It also comes with phstat software which is a VERY useful excel statistical add-in.

For example, from this book, p681-685 is genetic algorithms -> in 5 Pages!!!!! with nothing substantive about recombination, crossover, mutation, fitness or anythign like that (the terms are mentioned but not explained)...all it does is refer you sompleace else! Fuzzy logic gets 4 pages...with no implementation details. That is seriously ordinary!

So I suggest you save your money and look at something else. SOmehow I don't see this book giving anybody too much joy. It amazes me it has lasted through 7 edition. If the 7th is this bad...I'd hate to see the first edition!!! So, as I said before, more a book about why and where to go to get knowledge of how to do rather than giving you the know-how. SO look for a book on how! This is a book for discovering that terms like knowledge discovery in databases (KDD) actually exist...and maybe what it means (like say webopedia) but certainly not how to do it...

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Copy cat, April 27, 2001

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P S Raman (Cal, India) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Decision Support Systems and Intelligent Systems (6th Edition) (Paperback)

Badly return overly verbose book.

Has copied too many things from too many other books and has failed to acknowledge the sources.

No author index, no complete reference listing.

There better books for DSS. chota phree stuff.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Egocentric fluff, August 24, 2000

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This review is from: Decision Support Systems and Intelligent Systems (Hardcover)

This book contains many empty references to other works, which indicate that the author(s) are well read, but does not help the reader at all (how many books does the author expect you to buy?). A lot of writing on each page, but little actual information. If you are looking for a book on how to actually implement a DSS, look elsewhere.