What Is Happening in DSS?
INFORMS Journal on Applied AnalyticsPublished 1 October 1983
Robert W. Blanning
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The state of the art in DSS research, whether the way in which it is being presented is detrimental, and the future of DSS are discussed.
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A reply to Naylor [Naylor, T. H. 1982. Decision support systems or whatever happened to M.I.S.? Interfaces 12(4, August) 92–94.] discusses the state of the art in DSS research, whether the way in which it is being presented is detrimental, and the future of DSS.
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