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Ramesh Sharda
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Decision Support and Analytics
Decision automation is examined in a broader context of using information technologies to support decision-making. Key definitions and a brief history of computerized decision support and analytics create impo...
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Time-Based Comorbidity in Patients Diagnosed with Tobacco Use Disorder
Healthcare is one of the promising fields where Big Data tools and techniques can have the highest impact. One of the key problems in the healthcare sector is to analyze impact of comorbidities. Comorbidity is...
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Hawkes Point Processes for Social Media Analytics
Online social networks (OSNs) produce a huge volume of content and clickstream data over time as a result of continuous social interactions between users. Because these social interactions are not fully observ...
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On-demand Assistance in Handling Ammunition:Development of a Mobile Ammo DSS
Wireless technology and the emergence of handheld devices provide new ways to deliver and present information. For the military, availability of needed ammunition information is critical for decision making, e...
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Reflections on the Past and Future of Decision Support Systems: Perspective of Eleven Pioneers
Sometimes we must look backwards before moving forward. This chapter provides an overview of the field of decision support systems (DSS), including a brief history and a progress report of a related ongoing re...
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Artificial Neural Networks in Decision Support Systems
This paper introduces the concepts of neural networks and presents an overview of the applications of neural networks in decision support systems (DSS). Neural networks can be viewed as supporting at least two...
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Understanding Decision Support Systems for Global Enterprises
Globalization of markets is changing the structure of business enterprises and hence the need for and design of computerized decision support systems. Trying to understand how decision support systems can and ...
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The Email Strategy Investigation Model (eSIM): A DSS for Analysis of Email Processing Strategies
Given the prevalent use of email, intelligent decisions need to be made regarding how best to manage email workloads. The email Strategy Investigation Model (eSIM) is a decision support system with this aim in...
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Coordinating Technologies for Virtual Organization
In order for organizations to succeed, they must be able to respond with flexibility in a geographically dispersed environment. Virtual organizations, which can form, disband, and re-form to meet ill-defined a...
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A Conceptual Framework for Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Requiring Immediate Presence (CSCLIP)
Recent dramatic increases in enrollment in distance learning are likely to continue. Billions of dollars are being poured into extending and expanding electronic learning (e-learning). However, currently avail...
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Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Model Analysis
The purpose of mathematical modeling is to generate insights into the decision making environment being modeled. Such insights are often generated through the analysis of several, if not many, related model in...
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Mathematical Programming on Microcomputers: Directions in Performance and User Interface
The phenomenal growth of microcomputers in terms of market size and technology has been accompanied by a proliferation of Management Science/ Operations Research software. Recent technical advances in microcom...
