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Decision support system
A decision support system is a highly flexible and interactive Information Technology system which has a purpose of supporting decision making when the problem is not structured. It forms an alliance between you, the decision maker, and specialized support that is provided by IT. To expand further on this, you bring the experience, intuition, judgement, and knowledge. The decision support system brings increased productivity, increased understanding, increased speed, increased flexibility, reduced problem complexity, and reduced cost. Information Technology brings speed, information, and processing capabilities.

Decision Support Systems are used by many companies throughout the world. The Canadian National Railway tests its trains on a regular basis using this type of system. A Decision Support System is crucial in this type of environment because worn-out or defective rails result in hundreds of derailments each year. Under a DSS, this company managed to decrease derailments while other companies experienced an increase in derailments. This example shows the significance a Decision Support System plays in the world today.

This entire article was ripped word for word from Prof. Dr. Pius Hättenschwiler's website. I'm not sure if thats ok with him but I think it should be mentioned.

Moreover, in the last paragraph of section "Architectures", the sentense begin with "Additionally, I classify"... Reading previous I think this comment should be replaced with "Additionally, Prof. Dr. Pius Hättenschwiler classify...". At least a source should be cited. 194.214.217.17 11:16, 14 March 2006 (UTC) Rémi

Characteristics and Capabilities of DSS Because there is no exact definition of DSS, there is obviously no agreement on the standard characteristics and capabilities of DSS. Turban, E.,Aronson, J.E., and Liang, T.P. (2005)constitute an ideal set of characteristics and capabilities of DSS. The key DSS characteristics and capabilities are as follows:

1. Support for decision makers in semistructured and unstructured problems. 2. Support managers at all levels. 3. Support individuals and groups. 4. Support for interdependent or sequential decisions. 5. Support intelligence, design, choice, and implementation. 6. Support variety of decision processes and styles. 7. DSS should be adaptable and flexible. 8. DSS should be interactive ease of use. 9. Effectiveness, but not efficiency. 10. Complete control by decision-makers. 11. Ease of development by end users. 12. Support modeling and analysis. 13. Data access. 14. Standalone, integration and Web-based.

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I don't have time to edit this right now but this article is a mess. It is a hodgepodge of ideas without structure or clarity. Somebody PLEASE edit this! Alex Jackl (talk) 16:14, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed. For one, there are two sections about the same subject. Taxonomy and Classification are practically the same thing. Merging these would be a good start. Wish I was familiar enough with the subject to make structural changes to this article. --MooNFisH (talk) 09:59, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Decision support analysis
Is this related or the same thing? $hould there be re-direct? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.64.168.196 (talk) 15:05, 5 January 2008 (UTC)