Decision Support Systems (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

by George M. Marakas (Author)

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Product Description
Packed with essential information, this valuable volume helps future business management professionals learn to make and support managerial decisions, providing a thorough understanding of the support aspect of DSS. Written from a cognitive processes and decision-making perspective, it concentrates on issues that emphasize managerial applications and the implication of decision support technology on those issues. The volume examines data warehouses, intelligent software agents and DSS system development, as well as an introduction to decision support systems, decision in the organization, modeling decision processes, group decision support and groupware technologies, executive information systems, expert systems and artificial intelligence, knowledge engineering and acquisition, and data mining and data visualization. For Data Warehouse Administrators, CIO and Directors of Information Systems.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 640 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (September 2, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130922064
• ISBN-13: 978-0130922069
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #222,681 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Uninspiring graphics, October 22, 2007

By	L. Ogle - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have had to read the entire text for a course, and it is not a particularly interesting book to read - at times the author seems a bit verbose. Figures in the textbook are in black, gray and white - very monotonous. Most have a gradient background that fades from dark grey to white. This makes reading the book difficult at times, especially when the text in the figure is in the dark grey section. It would have been better to have no background at all.

The summary of key points is helpful, but the layout needs work. The Index does not include some important terms.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Libro de DSS, April 1, 2009

By	Reinaldo Santiago Berrios (Puerto Rico, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Llego en excelentes condiciones para ser un libro usado. Tardo un poco mas de lo que esperaba pero llego.