Foundations of Decision Support Systems

Content: 
OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
FOREWORD, Pages xi-xiii
PREFACE, Pages xv-xvii
Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION PROCESSING, DECISION MAKING, AND DECISION SUPPORT, Pages 3-25
Chapter 2 - FRAMEWORKS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION PROCESSING AND DECISION MAKING, Pages 26-41
INTRODUCTION TO REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEMS FOR DECISION SUPPORT, Page 43
Chapter 3 - REPRESENTATIVE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, Pages 45-68
Chapter 4 - NEW IDEAS IN DECISION SUPPORT, Pages 69-86
Chapter 5 - FORMALIZATIONS OF PURPOSIVE SYSTEMS, Pages 87-122
INTRODUCTION TO DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS FROM THE DATA BASE ANGLE, Page 123
Chapter 6 - CONCEPTUAL AND OPERATIONAL CONSTRUCTS FOR BUILDING A DATA BASE KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM, Pages 125-150
Chapter 7 - BUILDING A DATA BASE KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM, Pages 151-187
Chapter 8 - LANGUAGE SYSTEMS FOR DATA BASE KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS, Pages 188-229
Chapter 9 - PROBLEM-PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR DATA BASE KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS, Pages 230-258
Chapter 10 - EXTENSIONS, Pages 259-286
INTRODUCTION TO FORMAL LOGIC APPROACH TO DECISION SUPPORT, Page 287
Chapter 11 - THE LANGUAGE AND KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS OF A DSS BASED ON FORMAL LOGIC, Pages 289-312
Chapter 12 - PROBLEM-PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR PREDICATE CALCULUS, Pages 313-331
INTRODUCTION TO INTEGRATING THE DATA BASE AND FORMAL LOGIC APPROACHES TO DECISION SUPPORT, Page 333
Chapter 13 - COMBINING THE DATA BASE AND FORMAL LOGIC APPROACHES, Pages 335-357
Chapter 14 - OPERATIONALIZING MODELING KNOWLEDGE IN TERMS OF PREDICATE CALCULUS, Pages 358-376
Chapter 15 - CONCLUDING REMARKS, Pages 377-388
INDEX, Pages 389-393