...Erfan Shakibaei Bonakdeh; Amrik Sohal; Koorosh Rajabkhah; Daniel Prajogo; Angela Melder; Dinh Quy Nguyen; Gordon Bingham; Erica Tong Purpose Adoption of Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) is a crucial step towards the digital transition of the healthcare sector. This review aims to determine...

... 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Clustering Decision support systems Healthcare management Data mining Business analytics Hospital readmissions are common, costly and have received significant attention as a correctable source of poor quality of care...

... the sentence to an average of 15‐20 words are important to ease reading. Specifically, for construction contracts, Styllis (2005) suggests several guidelines that can be applied towards its clarity such as: Malaysia Construction industry Contracts Contract law Decision support systems Contract...

... at Kellogg's has resulted in better decision‐making and overall cost savings. Gupta et al. (2002) describe a decision support system that helps Pfizer plan its distribution network, with the model useful in strategic, tactical, and operational planning situations. The use of the decision support...

...Krystsina Bakhrankova Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop energy optimizer (ENEO) – a model‐based decision support system (DSS) for an existing European chemical plant with a multi‐stage continuous production process. The system comprises two modules – energy cost minimization...

...Chinho Lin; Ming‐Lung Hsu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an integrated group decision support system (GDSS) that will select the appropriate human resource (HR) capabilities for a firm by using existing decision algorithms and information technology (IT) software systems...

... or more. The search and update operations in binary search trees can be separated so that applications could use any combination of search and update strategies (Austern et al., 2003). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Data structures Decision support systems Materials...

...Chinho Lin; Andrea CP Liu; Ming‐Lung Hsu; Ju‐Chuan Wu Purpose The paper's objective is to present a group decision support system (GDSS) for facilitating the process of core knowledge selection. Design/methodology/approach The proposed GDSS is developed by taking advantage...

.... This data may or may not be stored in a database. Business enterprise Retailing Radio waves Decision support systems Information retrieval To move beyond the “publish, discover, interact” model, it is required to have the ability to define logic over a set of service interactions...

...Antonio C. Caputo; Pacifico M. Pelagagge Purpose To develop a decision support system (DSS) and improved management criteria for operating dispenser‐based single‐piece automatic order picking systems (AOPS) in distribution centers, able to reduce the need for manual decision making based...

...A.C. Caputo; L. Fratocchi; P.M. Pelagagge Purpose To present a decision support system (DSS) enabling the analysis of the cost‐effectiveness of direct‐shipping long‐haul road transport policies, including full truck load (FTL) and less than truck load (LTL) modes, and to select the optimal carrier...

... by the government needs to be justifiable in terms of benefits to local residents. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Negotiating Decision support systems Redevelopment Process analysis Employees “Brownfields” refers to “abandoned, idled or under‐utilized industrial and commercial...

... measurement technique is appropriate. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Decision support systems Measurement Function evaluation Productivity rate Productivity is one of the most important performance measures of a business. For CEOs of businesses, productivity and profit margins...

... and accuracy are better when viewing schematic faces. Cognitive style was also a significant factor in the model. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Information systems Decision support systems Data analysis Executives have always had systems to provide needed information (Watson...

...Ching‐Chung Kuo; Frank Soflarsky This paper deals with the development of an automated procedure for selecting motor carriers to minimize transportation cost prepaid by a shipper. To test the effectiveness of the decision support system (DSS), an empirical study was conducted, in which the freight...

... such a system to reality demands a great deal of diverse knowledge, project management and a thorough plan. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Customer care Marketing Systems development Decision support systems One of the most dynamic information technology (IT) topics of the new millennium...

...Roderick G. Whyte Attention is now focusing on the use of sophisticated Decision Support Systems (DSS) as an invaluable tool in management decision making. This is a highly sophisticated, computer‐based information system which comprises a co‐ordinated collection of data models, reporting...