Experiences in Building and Using Decision-Support Systems in Postgraduate University Courses

In this paper we will relate some of our experiences in building and using simple Decision Support Systems (DSS) for use in two postgraduate subjects at Victoria University in Melbourne. These subjects are not about Decision Support Systems, but are Information Systems (IS) subjects that introduce,...

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Published inInterdisciplinary journal of information, knowledge, and management Vol. 2; pp. 33 - 42
Main Authors Tatnall, Arthur, Burgess, Stephen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Santa Rosa Informing Science Institute 2007
Subjects
BASIC (programming language)
Complexity
Decision support systems
Education
Information systems
Logic
Postgraduate
Teaching
Visual Basic for Applications
Visual programming languages
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ISBN0097715551224
ISSN1555-1229
1555-1237
DOI10.28945/98

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Summary:In this paper we will relate some of our experiences in building and using simple Decision Support Systems (DSS) for use in two postgraduate subjects at Victoria University in Melbourne. These subjects are not about Decision Support Systems, but are Information Systems (IS) subjects that introduce, amongst other things, concepts of decision support and DSS. It has been our experience that the complexity, an inability to examine the logic behind decisions that have been recommended, the proprietary nature and the cost of commercial DSS make their use in teaching less than ideal. Our solution was to produce our own simple systems using Excel, Visual Basic and Visual Basic for Applications, and this has proved to be quite successful. The paper reports on building and using Decision Support Systems in this way.
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ISBN:0097715551224
ISSN:1555-1229
1555-1237
DOI:10.28945/98