Exam 4: Decision Support and Artificial Intelligence

The _____ phase of decision making carries out the chosen solutions,monitors the results,and makes adjustments as necessary.

Data-mining agents are used to shift through a _____ looking for _____.

_____ is any information that can be shown in map form.

In what decision making phase do you consider possible ways of solving problems,filling needs,or capitalizing on opportunities?

A(n)_____ or ad hoc,decision is one that you make infrequently (perhaps only once)and you may even have different criteria for determining the best solution each time.

What type of predictive agent continually observes changes in information and events and reports its findings back to the user?

An expert system is also called a knowledge-based system.

An intelligent agent is software that assists you,or acts on your behalf,in performing repetitive computer-related tasks.

Law enforcement agencies that use computer applications to plan and deploy its police force probably use _____ systems.

What is a mathematical method of handling imprecise or subjective information?

Amazon uses information agents to show products to customers hoping to generate new purchases.

Model management is used within IS to manage "perfect" or "model" databases.

If you were to identify and investigate a problem in your organization,what decision making phase would you be in?

A swarm intelligence system must be _____ so it can respond to changes in the environment around it.

What is a geographic information system's major strength?

Which DSS component consists of both the DSS models and the DSS model management system?

Which type of information is not found in a DSS?

Which of the following is an optimizing system; one that continues to process your information until it discovers the best solution for your problem?

If an expert system recognizes a new pattern it can set up a rule based on it.

_____ is a way of simulating human organizations using multiple intelligent agents.