Area: | School of Information Systems |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Seminar: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Decision support systems (DSS) including modelling (financial, statistical, forecasting, simulation, decision), data management (warehousing and mining), interfaces and presentation (tables, charts, multidimensionality). Development, implementation and evaluation of DSS. Executive information and executive support systems. Collaborative systems and groupware. Expert systems, knowledge management and intelligent agents. Use of contemporary DSS software. Other contemporary DSS topics. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit students will have - Developed a small decision support systems using contemporary software. The ability to match different types of decision support to different types of users and contexts. Understood the strengths and weaknesses of the different types of models available for decision support and the role of knowledge based intelligent systems in augmenting decision support. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | Turban E. and Aronson J. E. (2001), Decision Support Systems and Intelligent Systems 6th ed, Prentice Hall, New Jersey. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Examination 50%. Written Assignment One 10%. Seminar presentation 20%. Written Assignment Two 20%. This is by Grade/Mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 20300 Information Systems (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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