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Summary: decision support systems & intelligent systems
Review: There is a need for such a book as its subject elements are eclectic in nature. Some integration effort exist in this edition but is far from being completed. By trying to be up-to date the book takes a form of a poor encyclopedia. It would have been much better to reduce the explosion of concepts to concetrate on few that are generic with well developped examples and illustrations. So at the end the student will say "yes I understand". The conclusion today is by most of my students "too [much money] "
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Summary: Excellent material about DSS
Review: This book clearly conveys all the relevant knowledge about Decision Support Systems. The book is detailed and well-written. Additionally, it helps non-IT persons such as me gain a firm grasp about DSS.
Thanks Aronson
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Summary: Egocentric fluff
Review: This book contains many empty references to other works, which indicate that the author(s) are well read, but does not help the reader at all (how many books does the author expect you to buy?). A lot of writing on each page, but little actual information. If you are looking for a book on how to actually implement a DSS, look elsewhere.
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Summary: Thick and ugly
Review: This book was required for our DSS class. The material is impossibly thick and it can take hours to try to sort through the material.Ok coverage, but you can do a heck of a lot better elsewhere
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Summary: Excellent reference, thick college text
Review: This is a textbook appropriate for a college-level course at the upper division or graduate level. It gives very thorough coverage of the entire field in one book, and most students really like the book in satisfaction questionnaires, but some feel overwhelmed until after the material is covered in class. I focus on specific chapters or sections of chapters for a single-semester course.
It is an excellent reference for key elements of DSS and related systems. I've followed it through several editions, and when new chapters are introduced, they may be verbose--but they are more focused in later editions. The authors do a good job of describing how computer-based systems support structured, semi-structured, and unstructured decisions and the design, intelligence, and choice framework. The book also has several good general chapters that provide an overview and describe different types of decision support systems. It includes sections on object-oriented systems and knowledge management (KM) systems. It is pretty theoretical and covers a lot of material, yet it's my favorite text for its purpose.
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Summary: The Definitive Source for Decision Support Systems
Review: This is the best written text on decision support systems; it does a great job of explaining and integrating energing technologies. The examples and illustrations highlight the chapter material very effectively.
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Summary: The Definitive Source for Decision Support Systems
Review: This is the best written text on decision support systems; it does a great job of explaining and integrating energing technologies. The examples and illustrations highlight the chapter material very effectively.
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Summary: throw it into the trash
Review: Used it for school, found it dry, boring, ugly. I got frustrated every time I picked up the book. Really want to throw it into the trash if not for the resell value.
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Summary: an insult to its readers and a true disservice to students
Review: useless, terrible writing, terrible presentation, gratuitous hardcover to make book more expensive, captive audience of students forced to buy book, a true disgrace, intellectually lacking, this book will steal your money, steal your desire to read it, steal your sense of wonder and learning about the subject. This author must know it is horrible, long winded, overly expensive and quite often wrong academically and wrong in practical application
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Summary: door stop material
Review: When you're done with the millions of words and pounds of ink and paper, you can use this book as a door stop, or a paper weight, or even a boat anchor. You could cut out two-thirds of the verbosity in this book without any sacrifice in content. There certainly must be a better sytems book out there.
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