Question

1. What are the advantages and Disadvantages of Decision Support Systems?

2. What is DSS objective?

3. What is Knowledge Driven DSS?

4. What is Document Driven DSS

5. What us Communication Driven DSS

Answer 1

1.Advantages of Decision Support System

(1) Time savings. For all categories of decision support systems, research has demonstrated and substantiated reduced decision cycle time, increased employee productivity and more timely information for decision making.

(2) Enhance effectiveness. A second category of advantage that has been widely discussed and examined is improved decision making effectiveness and better decisions.

(3) Improve interpersonal communication. DSS can improve communication and collaboration among decision makers.etc

Disadvantage of DSS besides limitations, decision support systems also have some disadvantages, such as: ... Too much Dependence on DSS: It is true that decision support systems are integrated into businesses to make everyday decisions faster and more easily.

2. DSS Objectives :1. Increase the effectiveness of the managers decision- making process.2. Supports the manager in the decision-making process but does not replace it.3. Improve the directors effectiveness of decision making.

3. Knowledge-Driven DSS can suggest or recommend actions to managers. These DSS are person-computer systems with specialized problem-solving expertise. The "expertise" consists of knowledge about a particular domain, understanding of problems within that domain, and "skill" at solving some of these problems.

4. Document-Driven DSS. A computerized support system that integrates a variety of storage and processing technologies to provide complete document retrieval and analysis to assist in decision making. The Web provides access to large document databases including databases of hypertext documents, images, sounds and video.

5. Communications-Driven DSS enable two or more people to communicate with each other, share information and co-ordinate their activities. Group Decision Support Systems or GDSS is a hybrid type of DSS that allows multiple users to work collaboratively in groupwork using various software tools.