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Course Catalog 1999/2000


Business Adm and Social Science

IED001 Decision Support System 4.5 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q I

LANGUAGE:English/Swedish

EXAMINER
Guohua Bai Univ lekt


PREREQUISITES
General qualifications.

COURSE AIM
The aim of the course is to give the student knowledge on developing and working with Decision Support Systems.

CONTENTS
The course deals with:
1. Systematic view of DSS
- an introduction to DSS
- Model of human decision making
2. Use and integration of DSS in work
- Constructing work context and tools
- Integrated network services in decision making
- Some social-technical considerations in developing a DSS
3. Design of DSS
- Methodologies in developing DSS
- Structure and Construction of DSS
- DSS database, model-base, interface design


TEACHING
Teaching will take the form of lessons/lectures in English and project work.

EXAMINATION
Examination will be in the form of written examination and required assignments of project work.
COURSE GRADE SCALE:

ITEMS/CREDITS
Assignment report 1.50ECTS
Written exam 3.00ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Guohua B: Systems approach to DSS, IES/DSV Luleå tekniska universitet, 1998.
Edlund/Högberg: Beslutsmodeller i praktisk tillämpning, Studentlitteratur, 1993.
Kompendium IES/DSV: Beslutsstödjande system - Röda Tråden, 1998.


REMARKS


Further information: International Office

Valid for the academic year 1999/2000.

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