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Making decisions easy
 
A decision support system is a computer program application that analyzes business data and presents it so that users can make business decisions more easily. It is an "informational application" (in distinction to an "operational application" that collects the data in the course of normal business operation). Typical information that a decision support application might gather and present would be:
  • Comparative enrollment figures between one week and the next
  • Projected enrollment figures based on new assumptions
  • The consequences of different decision alternatives

A decision support system may present information graphically and may include an expert system or artificial intelligence.

 

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