IMPLEMENTING SYSTEMS FOR SUPPORTING MANAGEMENT DECISIONS by Patrick Humphreys (Editor), Liam Bannon (Editor), Andrew M. McCosh (Editor) ( 9780412755408 )

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Title:

IMPLEMENTING SYSTEMS FOR SUPPORTING MANAGEMENT DECISIONS
CONCEPTS, METHODS AND EXPERIENCES

By:

Patrick Humphreys (Editor), Liam Bannon (Editor), Andrew M. McCosh (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0412755408

ISBN 13:

9780412755408

Publisher:

CHAPMAN AND HALL

Pub. date:

31 July, 1996

Edition:

1996 ed.

Series:

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Pages:

384

Description:

Intends to provide an account of the explorations and integration of the lessons learned from experimental decision support system implementation. This book considers the various aspects of developing decision support systems in a way which is accessible to a range of participants in the process.

Synopsis:

Patrick Humphreys Department of Social Psychology London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE. Email: P. Humphreys@lse. ac. uk This book presents a selection of contributions to the conference on Implementing Systems for Supporting Management Decisions: Concepts, Methods, and Experiences held in London in July, 1996. The conference was organized by the International Federation of Infonnation Processing's Working Group 8. 3 on Decision Support Systems and the London School of Economics and Political Science. (LSE). The Programme Committee for the Conference comprised Liam Bannon, University of Limerick; Patrick Humphreys, LSE, co-chairperson; Andrew McCosh, University of Edinburgh; Piero Migliarese, Politecnico di Milano, co- chairperson; Jean-Charles Pomerol, LAFORIA, Universite Paris VI. The chairperson of the organizing committee was Dina Berkeley, LSE. The programme committee members served also as the editors of this book. Each contribution was selected by the editors after peer review and was developed by its authors specifically for inclusion in this volume. Working group 8.3 was formally established in 1981 on the recommendation ofIFIP's Technical Committee on Information Systems (TC8). The scope of the working group covers: "Development of approaches for applying information systems technology to increase the effectiveness of decision makers in situations where the computer system can support and enhance human judgment in the perfonnance of tasks that have elements that cannot be specified in advance.

Illustrations:

X, 384 p.

Publication:

Imprint:

Chapman and Hall

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Returnable

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