CHAPTER 9: DECISION MAKING

Reasons for growth of decision-making information systems:

• Analyze a large amount of information

• Make decision quickly

• Sophisticated analysis techniques

• All of the above

Model – a simplified representation or abstraction of reality. Choose the right model below:

• Executives: EIS

• Managers: DSS

• Lower Level: TPS

• All of the above

Executives make ______ decision and refer to the EIS system.

___________________

The basic business system that serves the operational level (analysts) in an organization

____ is the manipulation of information to create business intelligence in support of strategic decision making

• OLAP

• OLTP

• EIS

• DSS

Three quantitative models used by DSSs include:

• Consolidation

• Sensitivity analysis

• What-if analysis

• Goal-seeking analysis

EISs offering the following capabilities:

• Cube A, B, C

• Consolidation

• Drill-down

• Consolidation

The _____ needs information from the _____to help executives make decisions

There are ___ common categories of AI:

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

The most common categories of AI:-

• Fuzzy logic

• Genetic algorithm

• Intelligent agent

• Expert system