Article ID: | iaor19991923 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 49 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 109 |
End Page Number: | 120 |
Publication Date: | Feb 1998 |
Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
Authors: | Lee S.M., Eom S.B., Kim E.B., Somarajan C. |
Keywords: | computers, computers: information |
To extend a previous survey of specific decision support system (DSS) applications over the period (January 1971–April 1988), we have conducted a follow-up survey of DSS applications published between May 1988 and December 1994. Two hundred and seventy-one published applications are identified. This survey reveals that there appear to be more creative applications of optimisation and suggestion model-based DSS than simulation-based applications. This is evidenced by a proportional increase of optimisation and suggestion models and a decrease of representation models. Moreover, group decision support systems, executive support systems, and knowledge-based systems applications are becoming more prevalent in many organisations. Although management science (MS)/operational research (OR) models continue to play critical roles, there is a clear observable trend in the DSS model area that three non-MS/OR tools are emerging as powerful DSS tools: graphics, artificial intelligence, and visual interactive modeling.