Shows how to introduce computer support for the implementation of different decision‐making settings. Provides a comparison between decision support and expert systems. Analyses the similarities and dissimilarities of decision support systems (DSS) and expert systems (ES) and presents a...

This paper introduces a neural-net approach to perform discriminant analysis in business research. A neural net represents a nonlinear discriminant function as a pattern of connections between its processing units. Using bank default data, the neural-net approach is compared with linear...

This paper proposes a taxonomy of consumer purchase strategies based on household decisions about which brand to purchase, how much, and when to purchase in a promotion intensive environment. We infer decision rules at the household level from supermarket scanner panel data and then cluster the...

AI automated plan synthesis programs ("planners") typically represent plans as a partially ordered network whose nodes are instants in time and whose arcs are precedence constraints. Such representations are essentially PERT charts. This paper provides an introduction to AI planners and...

A trend originating in the United States, and now migrating to Europe, is for chief executives of the larger organisations, and their close colleagues, to be provided with Executive Support Systems. These are desk‐top computers which provide an instant information overview of their companies,...

With rapidly growing interest in the development of knowledge-based computer consulting systems for various problem domains, the difficulties associated with knowledge acquisition have special importance. This paper reports on the results of experiments designed to assess the effectiveness of an...