MIS 350

Decision Support Systems and Intelligent Systems

Course Syllabus
Instructor: Sartaj Fatima
Office 2nd floor, No 142
Office Hours (9-10 and 11-12) on Sunday ,Tuesday Thursday
Email ftaj@ksu.edu.sa
Website http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/sfatima/ksu
KSU credits 3
Lecture timetable 3 lectures a week (Refer to your schedule for time and location)
Lab timetable 2 hours practical session in the lab (Refer to your schedule)
Lab demonstrator Refer to your schedule

Course Prerequisites
Information system Management

Objectives of the course and Competency coverage:

To provide an overview for how business decisions are made the various types of decision support
systems and the interrelationship between these.
To clearly delineate between strategic, operational, and tactical decisions, indicating who makes the
decisions and how they are typically implemented.
To establish the conceptual foundations for decision making.
To provide an understanding of the concept of a Decision Support System
To provide an understanding of the concepts of modelling and to begin to understand how models can
be used to simulate real world problem
To develop an understanding of the concepts of business intelligence and data management.
To relates system development concepts to DSS development

Learning Goals:

Ethics: Each student will be able to define and describe ethical issues, cultural diversity and the need for
socially responsible attitudes.
Knowledge Accumulation The student should gain additional knowledge in the subject matter
(hopefully more advanced) over and above the knowledge accumulated from other prerequisite courses.
Each student will be able to demonstrate an understanding the theory and applications of the subject
matter
Skill Development: The student will gain new skills in the area of the course. The skills can be in
equipment handling, use of tools, working with materials, design, etc..
Integrating Disciplines: Each student will be able to describe the functional areas of the subject matter
as well as the internal and external environments with a special focus on the unique environment of the
university surroundings and the country, and be able to integrate this knowledge when assessing
different situations.
Communication: Each student will be able to effectively communicate orally and in writing what he has
learned in this area.
Entrepreneurship: Each student will be able to describe the entrepreneurial spirit and the importance
of entrepreneurship for economic well being of a society.
Information: Each student will be able to describe the use of information technology and the role of
information resources in enhancing performance and research in this area.
 Problem Solving: Each student will be able demonstrate knowledge and problem-solving skills in
addressing real-world situations
Collaborative behaviour and team work: Each student will be able to demonstrate effective leadership
styles, teamwork and collaborative behaviour.

Text and other reading materials:

The Required text for this course is:

Decision Support Systems and intelligent Systems, Efraim Turban, Jay E. Aronson, Ting-Peng
Liang, Tenth Edition, Prentice Hall, 2010

Other library texts and supplements:

Other learning resources (e.g Web sites, video tapes...)

The text books companion website at http://www.prenhall.com/Turban 3

Grades: (The instructor abides by the following grading scale strictly and DOES NOT curve at all.)

Description Percentage Scale Grade

Assignments & Quizzes 5 95 - 100 A+

Project and Lab 15 90-94 A

Two Tests (20% each) 40 85-89 B+

Final (Comprehensive) Exam 40 80-84 B

Total 100% 75-79 C+

70-74 C

65-69 D+

60-64 D

< 59 F

Attendance:
Students are expected to attend class; there is no system of permitted absences. The instructor in each class
determines the effect of absences on a students grade in that class. Students may not normally receive credit
for a course if they do not attend 15% of the class meetings
Academic Integrity:
Preamble: Valuing the concepts of academic integrity and independent effort, the Academy expects from its
students the highest standards of scholarly conduct. The Academy community asserts that the reputation of the
institution depends on the integrity of both faculty and students in their academic pursuits and that it are their
joint responsibility to promote an atmosphere conducive to such standards.
Reading and Homework Assignments: Decision Support Systems and intelligent Systems, Efraim
Turban, Jay E. Aronson, Ting-Peng Liang, ninth Edition, Prentice Hall, 2010

Course Outline:
 Week Chapter Description

Management Information Systems

Introduction,
Week s 1 An Overview of Business Intelligence, Analytics, and
Chapter 1
Decision Support
An Overview of Business Intelligence, Analytics, and
Weeks 2, 3 Chapter 1
Decision Support
Foundations and Technologies
Weeks 3,4 Chapter 2 for Decision Making

Data Warehousing
Week 6,7 Chapter 3

Week 8 First Midterm Exam Thursday (16th March, 2017)

Business Reporting, Visual Analytics, and Business
Weeks 8,9 Chapter 4 Performance Management

Data Mining
Weeks 10,11 Chapter 5
Chapter 9 Model-Based Decision Making: Optimization and
Weeks 12 Multi-Criteria Systems

Chapter 11 Automated Decision Systems and Expert Systems

Week 13, 14

Week 14 Second Midterm Exam Thursday (27th April, 2017)

Chapter 14 Business Analytics: Emerging Trends and Future

Week 15 Impacts

Week 16 Review
Week 17 Participation ,Presentations