What is Decision support systems?

Decision support systems are some new applications that are computerized to act as a support system. This system supports organizational and business decision making in the activities going on in business and other industries. However, the great system that is effective can compile the most important information from documents, business models, and raw data and even help solving problems and making useful decisions in some near future by collecting data from different sources such as inventory data, market research data, sales data, supplier data and others by the use of database location and formatting the decision made by business or any report analysis.

http://www.decisionsupportsystem.info

The right decision today is not necessarily the right decision tomorrow.

Put the power of decision management in the hands of your business experts.

      Today an organization's behavior is a reflection of its information systems - those systems that interface with customers, partners and employees. And if you can't change these systems quickly, in a controlled way, you'll find it hard to benefit from customer, competitive and regulatory changes.

     If line-of-business experts need to respond to a new pricing play or regulation, they should be able to make these changes directly and safely, without destabilizing the systems that run the business and without the need to go through a full software development lifecycle.

With IBM rules-based Operational Decision Management software you can:

1. Enable line-of-business subject matter experts to create and maintain decision logic, accelerating the implementations of changes
2. Improve collaboration between business and IT teams, sharing visibility and governance controls for the safe management of decision logic
3. Separate decisions from processes and applications, facilitating change and reuse across business systems

http://www-01.ibm.com/software/info/rte/ba/pi/dm-1-pre.html

Mobile Decision Support for Time-critical Decision Making

Abstract

    The wide availability of advanced information and communication technology has made it possible for users to expect a much wider access to decision support. Since the context of decision making is not necessarily restricted to the office desktop, decision support facilities have to be provided through access to technology anywhere, anytime, and through a variety of mediums. The spread of e-services and wireless devices has increased accessibility to data, and in turn, influenced the way in which users make decisions while on the move, especially in time-critical situations. 

         For example, on site decision support for fire weather forecasting during bush fires can include real-time evaluation of quality of local fire weather forecast in terms of accuracy and reliability. Such decision support can include simulated scenarios indicating the probability of fire spreading over nearby areas that rely on data collected locally at the scene and broader data from the regional and national offices. Decision Support Systems (DSS) available on mobile devices, which triage nurses can rely on for immediate, expert advice based on available information, can minimize delay in actions and errors in triage at emergency departments (Cowie & Godley, 2006).

http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/mobile-decision-support-time-critical/11304