As the most comprehensive reference work dealing with decision support systems (DSS), this book is essential for the library of every DSS practitioner, researcher, and educator. Written by an international array of DSS luminaries, its more than 70 chapters approach decision support systems from a wide variety of perspectives ranging from classic foundations to cutting-edge thought, informative to provocative, theoretical to practical, historical to futuristic, human to technological, and operational to strategic. The chapters are conveniently organized into 10 major sections: foundations of decision support systems, DSS fundamentals, multiparticipant DSSs, intelligent DSSs, effects of decision support, time and space issues, scopes of decision support, developing and managing decision support systems, cases and applications, and decision support horizons. Novices and experts alike will refer to the authoritative and stimulating content again and again for years to come.

Time and space issues for decision Support

Decision Support in Turbulent and High-Velocity Environments
Supporting Decisions in Real-Time Enterprises: Autonomic Supply Chain Systems
Decision Support for Emergency Situations
Geographic Information and Analysis for Decision Support
Support for Real-Time Decision Making in Mobile Financial Applications
Context-Sensitive Decision Support Systems in Road Safety
Scopes of Decision Support
Personal Decision Support Systems
Developing Practical Decision Support Tools Using Dashboards of Information
Business Intelligence
Competitive Intelligence Systems
Process-Based Decision Support
A Framework for Supporting Decisions in a Global Context - The Case of a Global DSS for Financial Planning
Developing and Managing Decision Support Systems
On the Design Features of Decision Support Systems: The Role of System Restrictiveness and Decisional Guidance
DSS Systems Analysis and Design: The Role of the Analyst as Change Agent
Evaluation of Decision Support Systems
Planning a Portfolio of Decision Support Systems
Decision Support System Evolution: Predicting, Facilitating, and Managing Knowledge Evolution
Decision Support Cases and Application
Systems for Supporting Operations Management Decisions
Systems for Supporting Marketing Decisions
Financial DSS: Systems for Supporting Investment Decisions
Flying High with Real-Time Business Intelligence
Decision Support for Security: A Mixed Reality Approach to Bioterror Preparedness and Response
DSS in Healthcare: Advances and Opportunities
Decision Support Systems in Forest Management
DSS Experiences in South America
DSS Experience in Africa - Cases from Egypt
Evolution of Knowledge Management Towards Enterprise Decision Support:The Case of KPMG
Decision Support Horizons
Compositional Enterprise Modeling and Decision Support
Information Technology Support for Inquiring Organizations
Towards Decision Support for Participatory Democracy
The Internet and DSS - Massive, Real-Time Data Availability Is Changing the DSS Landscape
Information Visualization for Decision Support
The Decision Hedgehog for Creative Decision Making
Creativity Support Systems
Systems for Strategic Learning.