Swaminatahn requests: “What are the components of a DSS?
In Ralph Sprague’s framework (1980), the components are: dialogue, database, models and DSS architecture. These components are used in my expanded DSS framework to further classify systems as data-driven, model-driven, knowledge-driven, document-driven and communications-driven DSS. Q: Arti asks: “Help me understand supporting decision making and types of DSS.” A: Start by reading my article, Power, D. J. “Supporting Decision-Makers: An Expanded Framework”. World Wide Web, http://dssresources.com/papers/supportingdm, version 1.0, December 15, 2000.
