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Characteristics of DSS
Robustness
Ease of control
Simplicity
Completeness of relevant detail
Definition of DSS
Decision Support System is defined as a system
used to support managerial decisions. Usually DSS
involves the analysis of many units of data in a
heuristic fashion. As a rule, DSS processing does
not involve the update of data.
Heuristic
Heuristic is a particular technique of directing
ones attention in learning, discovery or problem
solving.
DSS
Provides information on
monitoring and controlling the
business.
Controlled by IT Department.
Components of DSS
There are two major components
DSS data base is a collection of current
and historical data from internal external
sources. It can be a massive data
warehouse.
Decision Support Software system is the
set of software tools used for data analysis.
Data Warehouse
A data warehouse is a logical collection of
information.
It is a record of an enterprise's past transactional
and operational information, stored in a
database designed to favour efficient data
analysis and reporting.
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Data Mart
Data warehouses can become enormous with
hundreds of gigabytes of transactions. As a
result, subsets, known as "data marts," are often
created for just one department or product line.
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