Talk:Decision support system
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A decision support system is a highly flexible and interactive Information Technology system which has a purpose of supporting decision making when the problem is not structured. It forms an alliance between you, the decision maker, and specialized support that is provided by IT. To expand further on this, you bring the experience, intuition, judgement, and knowledge. The decision support system brings increased productivity, increased understanding, increased speed, increased flexibility, reduced problem complexity, and reduced cost. Information Technology brings speed, information, and processing capabilities.
Decision Support Systems are used by many companies throughout the world. The Canadian National Railway tests its trains on a regular basis using this type of system. A Decision Support System is crucial in this type of environment because worn-out or defective rails result in hundreds of derailments each year. Under a DSS, this company managed to decrease derailments while other companies experienced an increase in derailments. This example shows the significance a Decision Support System plays in the world today.
This entire article was ripped word for word from Prof. Dr. Pius Hättenschwiler's website. I'm not sure if thats ok with him but I think it should be mentioned.
Moreover, in the last paragraph of section "Architectures", the sentense begin with "Additionally, I classify"... Reading previous I think this comment should be replaced with "Additionally, Prof. Dr. Pius Hättenschwiler classify...". At least a source should be cited. 194.214.217.17 11:16, 14 March 2006 (UTC) Rémi
