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Annotated Bibliography of Decision Support Systems Robert D Elkins University of Phoenix

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Annotated Bibliography of Decision Support Systems Knowledge used as a resource of the Decision Support Systems Miller, R. A., Schaffner, K. F., Meisel, A. Ethical and Legal Issues Related to the Use of Computer Programs in Clinical Medicine. Annals of Internal Medicine, 1985, 102, 52936. This paper discusses and the author gives the ideas that are relevant to the concepts of the decision support system and how it is used when it comes to making decision using the knowledge based idea as a resource within the health care industry. Liberatore, M. J. and Stylianou, A. C. Toward a Framework for Developing KnowledgeBased Decision Support Systems for Customer Satisfaction Assessment: An Application in New Product Development. Expert Systems with Applications, 8, 1 (1995), 213-228. This author and paper discussed and explained about the knowledge-based decisions systems as well as the processes and knowledge, which helped individuals make better and sound. Gierl L, Feistle M, Muller H, Sliva K,Varnholt D, Villain S. Task-specific authoring functions for end-users in a hospital information system. Comput.Methods Programs Biomed. 48, 145150 (1995).decisions. The authors in this paper discussed the decision-making process, the types that are available, and the use of this processes that are used in the medical industry Theoretical views of the Decision Support Systems J. Barclay Adams. Probabilistic reasoning and certainty factors. In Buchanan and Shortlie [16], chapter 12, pages 263{271.

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The author has many discussions on the theories of the decision support systems decision pertaining to the probabilistic reasoning within human decision. Maurice Allais and Ole Hagen, editors. Expected Utility Hypotheses and the Allais Paradox: Contemporary Discussions of Decisions Under Uncertainty with Allais' Rejoinder. D. Reidel, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1979. The author uses Theoretical discussion concerning the discussion of decision that is made concerning the decision systems. David V. Budescu and Thomas S. Wallsten. Consistency in interpretation of probabilistic phrases. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 36(3):391{405, December 1985. The author discusses the processes and other important information concerning the human decision processes when it comes to the decision support systems Historical development of database use within the Decision Support Systems Rob, P (2001), Database Management Systems, 6th Ed. This author discusses in definition what database management is and how it is used within the decision support system. In addition, it adds the history, and incite to the development of the database within the decision support system. Morton, M (1971); Management Decision Systems; Boston, MA; Division of Research; GSB Harvard University. The author covers and discusses the underlying database that supports the managerial decision systems and discusses that the user can manipulate data and how it is done and accessed and how to authorize the managerial decision system.

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Tan, J. & Sheps, B. (1998). Health decision support systems, Jones & Bartlett Publishers The author discusses the use of the database utilization of the decision support systems in the the healthcare industry, and how it is falling short of the healthcare industries expectation. In addition further discussion on how this can be a pro or a con within the healthcare industry. Historical development of the Decision Support Systems

Power, D.J. A Brief History of Decision Support Systems. DSSResources.COM, World Wide Web, http://DSSResources.COM/history/dsshistory.html, version 4.0, March 10, 2007. The article discusses the build and investigation of the DSS and the length of time that it has gone on as well as time lines that different development from the beginning and discusses the implementation of the web-based DSS. Keen, P. G. W. and M. S. Scott Morton (1978). Decision support systems: an organizational perspective. Reading, Mass., Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. The article discusses the definition of the decision support systems as well as goes over the time line on the evolution of the system and discusses the two main area of research and the concepts of the DSS and the various uses of this type of system. Marakas, G. M. (1999). Decision support systems in the twenty-first century. Upper Saddle River, N.J., Prentice Hall. The book contains information concerning the continuing history of the DSS and as well what is to become in the future of this this type of systems. This system helps in the decision-making processes and promotes many uses and examples with this authors publication.

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Contemporary best practices of databases in the Decision Support Systems Miller RA. Medical diagnostic decision support systemspast, present, and future: a threaded bibliography and brief commentary. J Am Med Inform Assoc 1994;1(1):8-27. In the article, the author discusses uses of the diagnostic decision support system in the healthcare and it is beneficial to the care of the patient. Osheroff JA. Improving medication use and outcomes with clinical decision support: a stepby-step guide. Chicago, IL: The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society; 2009. The author discusses in the article about the use of the decision support system for the improvement of medication use and the outcomes of the medication within the healthcare industry. Sim I, Gorman P, Greenes RA, et al. Clinical decision support systems for the practice of evidence-based medicine. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2001 Nov;8(6):527-34. The author uses the decision support system database for the discussion of the practice of evidence that is obtain within the database for the healthcare industry. Emerging applications of databases within the Decision Support Systems Klein, M.R. & Methlie, L.B. (1995). Knowledge-based decision support systems with Applications in Business, 2nd Edition. England: John Wiley & Sons. The author discusses the decision support system and the use of application in various businesses and the use of the knowledge based decision applications. Renn, O. (1992). Concept of risk: A classification, In: Social Theories of Risk, Praeger Publisher.

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The author like many others discusses the risk management involvement of the applications of the emerging applications of the databases within the decision support systems. Sousa, P.; Pimentao, J. & Ribeiro, R.A. (2006). Intelligent decision support tool for prioritizing equipment repairs in critical/disaster situations, Proceedings of the International Conference on Creativity and Innovation in Decision Making and Decision Support (CIDMDS 2006) The author discusses the application that is used in within the ideas of prioritizing the repairs of equipment repairs at the time of critical or disaster situations. Contemporary best practices of networking within the Decision Support Systems Haykin S., Neural Networks: A Comprehensive Foundation, book, Prentice Hall PTR, 1998. The author discusses the practices of the network within the decision support systems and data mining model as a tool within a network. Walsh P., Cunningham P., Rothenberg S., ODoherty S., Hoey H., Healy R. An artificial neural network ensemble to predict disposition and length of stay in children presenting with bronchiolitis. Eur Journal Emerg Med. Pp. 259564, 2004. The author discusses the application of the neutral network detection for children presenting signs of bronchiolitis with the use of decision support system. Segal E., Shapira M., Regev A., Pe'er D., Botstein D., Koller D., Friedman N., Module networks: identifying regulatory modules and their condition-specific regulators from gene expression data., Nat Genet; pp 16-176, 2003. The author discusses the teaching of the Bayesian networks from data that will obtain the insight of the way genes can be regulated.

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Emerging applications of networking within the Decision Support Systems Abraham, A. (2002). Optimization of Evolutionary Neural Networks Using Hybrid Learning Algorithms, Proceedings of the IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks. The author discusses the rules of extraction from a trained network position, and the use of and the definition of the evolutionary computing. Noran, O. (2009). A decision support framework for collaborative networks. International Journal of Production Research, 47(17, 4813-4832. doi:10.1080/00207540902847355 The author is speaking in reference to the decision support framework for collaborative networks within an organization. In addition, the author is looking at showing the reader how the various networking systems and how they may be interchangeable. Sousa, P.; Pimentao, J. & Ribeiro, R.A. (2006). Intelligent decision support tool for prioritizing equipment repairs in critical/disaster situations, Proceedings of the International Conference on Creativity and Innovation in Decision Making and Decision Support (CIDMDS 2006). The author discusses the different processes of the communication network that enable the separation of data, the transparent access, the sharing of computational power and decision processes. Systems development best practices within the Decision Support Systems Avison, D. E., and B. A. Fitzgerald. 1997. Information Systems Development: Methodologies, Techniques, and Tools. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill, London. The authors discuss the participatory approach to the system development and additionally add information to the methodology to practice to do this practice. The authors insist that research is needed with experiences and methods that are required.

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Ludwig, J. A., J. F. Clewett, and B. D. Foran. 1993. Meeting the needs of decision support system users. In: J. W. Stuth and B. G. Lyons (eds.) Decision Support Systems for the Management of Grazing Lands: Emerging Issues. pp 209-220.UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Book No. 11. Parthenon Publishing, Carnforth, U. K. The authors shares theories about the decision support systems and the best practices of the system through such individuals as a development team. Sim, I., Gorman, P., Greenes, R.A., Haynes, R.B., Kaplan, B., Lehmann H., Tang, P.C. (2001). Clinical Decision Support Systems for the Practice of Evidence-based Medicine. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13063/ This article looks at the decision support system within the healthcare system. The decision support system will assist in the research and policy challenges, which capture the research. Opportunities and innovations within the Decision Support Systems Bergman, J., Jantunen, A., & Saksa, J. (2009). Enabling Open Innovation Process Through Interactive Methods: Scenarios and Group Decision Support Systems. International Journal Of Innovation Management, 13(1), 139-156. In this publication, the author references to the opportunities in a profoundly altering business environment where many organizations are altering their practices towards open innovation processes. The one main challenge all organizations will be challenged with is the appropriate methods and practices for the external resources. Power, D. Decision Support Systems: Concepts and Resources for Managers, Greenwood/Quorum, 2002.

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The author discusses the possibility that the decision support systems can identify opportunities by having an competitive advantage by having some creativity and advance thinking.