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Chapter 4
Decision Support and
Artificial Intelligence
Brainpower for Your Business
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Chapter Overview
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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
Decision Support Systems
Collaboration Systems
Geographic Information Systems
Artificial Intelligence
Expert Systems
Neural Networks
Genetic Algorithms
Intelligent Agents
Opening Case Study
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Continental Airlines Files High with
Decision Support
Continental implemented a decision
support system to provide up-to-theminute flight information.
What other types of decision support
systems could Continental Airlines
implement?
Introduction
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Types of computer-aided decision support.
Decisions, Decisions,
Decisions
How You Make a Decision
Four phases of decision making
1. Intelligence – find or recognize a problem, need, or
opportunity.
2. Design – consider ways to solve the problem, fill the
need, or take advantage of an opportunity.
3. Choice – examine the merits of each solution, estimate
the consequences of each, and choose the best one.
4. Implementation – carry out the chosen solution, monitor
the results, and make adjustments as necessary.
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Decisions, Decisions,
Decisions
Types of Decisions You Face
Structured decision - processes a certain
kind of information in a specified way so
that you will always get the right answer.
Nonstructured decision - one for which
there may be several “right” answers, and
there is no precise way to get a right
answer.
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Decisions, Decisions,
Decisions
Types of Decisions You Face
Recurring decision - one that happens
repeatedly, and often periodically.
Nonrecurring decision - one that you
make infrequently.
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Decision Support Systems
Decision support system (DSS) - highly flexible
and interactive IT system that is designed to support
decision making when the problem is not structured.
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Decision Support Systems
Components of a Decision Support System
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Decision Support Systems
Components of a Decision Support
System
A typical DSS has three components:
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Model management - consists of both the
DSS models and the DSS model
management system.
Data management - performs the function of
storing and maintaining the information that
you want your DSS to use.
User interface management - allows you to
communicate with the DSS.
Collaboration System
Collaboration system – software that is
designed specifically to improve the
performance of teams by supporting the sharing
and flow of information.
Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange.
Supply chain management means working with your
suppliers and distributors in all phases of planning,
production, and distribution.
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Collaboration System
Web-based collaboration tools use the
power of the Internet to enable people to
work together effectively and efficiently.
The peer-to-peer file-sharing feature is
combined with the ability to create and edit
documents collaboratively, and to send
and receive text and voice messages.
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Geographic Information Systems
Geographic information system (GIS) a decision support system designed to
work with spatial information.
Spatial information is any information that
can be shown in map form, such as roads
and the distribution of bald eagle
populations.
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Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) - the science
of making machines imitate human
thinking and behavior.
Robot - mechanical device equipped
with simulated human senses and the
capability of taking action on its own.
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Expert Systems
Expert system, or knowledge-based system artificial intelligence system that applies
reasoning capabilities to reach a conclusion.
Expert systems are well suited for problems that
are:
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Diagnostic (what’s wrong?)
Prescriptive (what to do?)
Expert Systems
Components of an Expert System
Information
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Domain expertise – the reasoning process
that will solve the problem.
Problem facts – the particulars of the current
situation.
“Why” information – the explanation of how
the expert system asked a question or
reached a conclusion.
Expert Systems
Components of an Expert System
People
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Domain expert - provides the domain
expertise in the form of problem-solving
strategies.
Knowledge engineer – IT specialist who
formulates the domain expertise into an
expert system.
Knowledge worker or user - that’s you.
Expert Systems
Components of an Expert System
IT Components
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Knowledge base - stores the rules.
Knowledge acquisition – used to
enter the rules.
Inference engine - takes the problem
facts and searches the knowledge
base for rules that fit.
User interface – runs the consultation.
Explanation module – where
information is stored.
On Your Own
Traffic Lights
Revisited
(p. 199)
Neural Networks
Neural network (often called an artificial
neural network or ANN) - an artificial
intelligence system that is capable of
finding and differentiating patterns.
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Neural Networks
Types of Neural Networks
Self-organizing neural
network - finds patterns and
relationships in vast amounts
of data by itself.
Back-propagation neural
network - a neural network
trained by someone.
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Team Work
How Would You
Classify People?
(p. 202)
Genetic Algorithms
Genetic algorithm - an artificial intelligence
system that mimics the evolutionary, survival-ofthe-fittest process to generate increasingly better
solutions to a problem.
Genetic algorithms use three concepts of
evolution:
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Selection
Crossover
Mutation
Genetic Algorithms
Team Work
Be a Genetic
Algorithm and Put
Nails in Boxes
(p. 206)
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Intelligent Agents
Intelligent agent - software that assists
you, or acts on your behalf, in performing
repetitive computer-related tasks.
Four types of intelligent agents include:
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Buyer agents or shopping bots
User or personal agents
Monitoring-and-surveillance or predictive agents
Data-mining agents
Intelligent Agents
Buyer Agents
Buyer agent or shopping bot - an
intelligent agent on a Web site that helps
the customer find products and services.
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Intelligent Agents
Buyer Agents
Types of filtering include:
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Collaborative filtering
Profile filtering
Psychographic filtering
Adaptive filtering
Intelligent Agents
User Agents
User agents
(sometimes called
personal agents) intelligent agents that
take action on your
behalf.
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On Your Own
Go Bargain
Hunting Online
(p. 209)
Intelligent Agents
Monitoring-and-Surveillance Agents
Monitoring-and-surveillance agents
(also called predictive agents) - observe
and report on equipment.
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Intelligent Agents
Data-Mining Agents
Data-mining agent - operates in a data
warehouse discovering information.
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Intelligent Agents
Components of an Intelligent Agent
Autonomy - act without your telling them
every step to take.
Adaptivity - discovering, learning, and
taking action independently.
Sociability - conferring with other agents.
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Closing Case Studies
Using Neural Networks To Categorize People
How accurate is it for a business to predict the future
behavior of customers on the basis of past behavior?
Decision Support and Artificial Intelligence in
Health Care
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How can DSS and AI be used to track a huge amount
of qualitative and quantitative information on patients
and employees?
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Learning about investing
Researching the company behind the
stock
Finding other sources of company
financials
Making trades online
Retrieving stock quotes
Computer-aided decision support
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