Intelligent Decision-making Support Systems achievements, trends, and challenges for the new decade

Abstract

This book, which we have titled Decision Making Support Systems: Achievements, Trends and Challenges for the New Decade, is an attempt to alleviate some of the confusion. Thus, this book aims to demystify DMSS by considering various phases involved in the development and mplementation of them. The book's mission is to present the core and state-of-the-art knowledge about decision making support systems (DMSS). In the process, we hope to: (a) provide a compendium of quality theoretical and applied papers on DMSS, (b) help diffuse scarce knowledge about effective methods and strategies for successfully designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating of DMSS, and (c) create an awareness among academicians and practitioners about the relevance of DMSS in the current complex and dynamic management environment. The presentation is divided into five sections. In the first section, labeled Foundations and Architectures of DMSS, we present the theoretical basis for decision making support and the architectures that have been proposed to deliver the theory in practice. There are four chapters in this first section.