Enterprise decision support using Intranet technology
Decision Support SystemsPublished 1 June 1997
Sulin Ba, Karl R. Lang, Andrew B. Whinston
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A knowledge-based enterprise modeling framework that automatically builds and executes task-specific models in response to user queries is presented, aimed at providing fast cycle responses to decrease organizational error and support strategic decision-making.
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We present a knowledge-based enterprise modeling framework that automatically builds and executes task-specific models in response to user queries. This framework bases its reasoning about a particular organization upon a library of knowledge representing signigicant organizational phenomena from different perspectives and at different levels of detail. The system is aimed at providing fast cycle responses to decrease organizational error and support strategic decision-making. The focus is on how to improve model building and how to extract the relevant knowledge to support specific analyses of corporate issues. An Intranet-based prototype implementation is presented to illustrate the ideas and concepts.
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