Connect with LearnSmart Access Card for Business Driven Technology
Connect with LearnSmart Access Card for Business Driven Technology
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781259852183
Author: Paige Baltzan, Amy Phillips
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 9, Problem 3RQ

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Decision support system (DSS)

DSS is a computer-based system similar to management information systems (MIS) but it overcomes the lack of information that is not present the reports generated by the MIS.

  • MIS is the system that gives the information required by the different level of the organization and also helps the managers of the middle-level to organize the resource.
  • The simulations can be developed using DSS that is based on the real data in order to supports managers to ask questions “what-if”.
  • Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) can also be involved in some of the DSS. It is used to make query and analyze the data stored in the data mart and databases...

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