Intelligent Decision-making Support Systems Foundations, Application

Decision-making Support Systems (DMSS) are computer-based systems that support individual or organisational decision-making processes. Recent advances in information technology and artificial intelligence are enhancing these systems and giving rise to int

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Series Editor Dr Rajkumar Roy Department of Enterprise Integration School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science Cranfield University Cranfield Bedford MK43 0AL UK

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Jatinder N.D. Gupta, Guisseppi A. Forgionne and Manuel Mora T.

Intelligent Decision-making Support Systems Foundations, Applications and Challenges

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Jatinder N.D. Gupta, PhD College of Administrative Science The University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL 35899 USA

Guisseppi A. Forgionne, PhD Information Systems Department University of Maryland Baltimore County Catonsville, MD 21250 USA

Manuel Mora T. , EngD Department of Information Systems Autonomous University of Aguascalientes Ave. Universidad 940 Aguascalientes Ags. México 20100

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Gupta, Jatinder N. D. Intelligent decision-making support systems : foundations, applications and challenges. - (Decision engineering) 1.Decision support systems 2.Artificial intelligence I.Title II.Forgionne, Guisseppi A., 1945- III.Mora, Manuel, 1961658.4’032 ISBN-10: 1846282284 Library of Congress Control Number: 2006922556 Decision Engineering Series ISSN 1619-5736 ISBN-10: 1-84628-228-4 e-ISBN 1-84628-231-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-84628-228-7

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