Exam 10: Decision Support Systems

A suspect identification expert system is an example of an expert system in the application category of:

_______________ represents knowledge in the form of past performance, occurrences, and experiences.

__________ analysis reverses the direction of the analysis done in what-if and sensitivity analyses.

Which of the following represents knowledge in the form of past performance, occurrences, and experiences?

Decision support systems use _______________ to support the making of semi-structured business decisions.

Multisensory input/output devices, such as data gloves or jumpsuits, are commonly used with _______________ systems.

Enterprise information portals can help avoid excessive surfing by employees across company and Internet websites by making it easier for them to receive or find the information and services they need.

With _______________, information is available whenever a manager demands it.

Decisions made at the strategic management level tend to be more:

According to the text, an enterprise knowledge portal has all of the following except:

_______________ represents knowledge in the form of a hierarchy or network of collections consisting of a complex package of data values describing its attributes.

All of the following would be controlled by the process monitoring/control category of expert systems except:

_______________ represents knowledge in the form of statements of fact, typically in the form of premise and conclusion.

An inventory control expert system is an example of an expert system in the application category of:

All of the following are attributes of intelligent behavior that AI attempts to duplicate except:

Electronic spreadsheet packages provide some of the same model building offered by more powerful DSS software.

DSS software typically contains built-in analytical modeling routines and also enables you to build your own models.

The ability to _______________ in an EIS allows executives to quickly retrieve displays of related information at lower levels of detail.

The development of natural languages and _______________ are major thrusts in the natural interface area of AI applications.

Using a decision support system involves all of the following types of analytical modeling activities except _______________ analysis.