DECISION SUPPORT

  

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DECISION SUPPORT

Specialty Definition: DECISION SUPPORT

DomainDefinition

Computing

Decision support Software used to aid management decision making, typically relying on a decision support database. [Examples?] (1995-02-14). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: DECISION SUPPORT

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
DECIDEEnglishDecision support models for DSSComputing, Information

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: DECISION SUPPORT

Specialty definitions using "DECISION SUPPORT": analysis DSSdecision support database, Decision Support Systems, DSSIDSSManagement Information System, Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporationoperational databaseRAMIS, Red Brick Intelligent SQL. (references)

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Commercial Usage: DECISION SUPPORT

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Decision Support System for Evaluating Ranges and Airspace (reference)

  • VBA for Modelers: Developing Decision Support Systems Using Microsoft« Excel (reference)

  • Aspiration Based Decision Support Systems: Theory, Software and Applications (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems ; 331) (reference)

  • Co-Op: A Group Decision Support System for Cooperative Multiple Criteria Group Decision Making (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol 290) (reference)

  • Integrated Coastal Zone Management for Coral Reefs: Decision Support Modeling (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: DECISION SUPPORT

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Other important specialized agencies in Egypt include Telecom Egypt; the Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC); the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS); the Egyptian Environment Affairs Agency (EEAA); and the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC). (references)

Examples of governmental entities which use software are the Egyptian Cabinet of Ministers’ Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) located in Cairo; the Social Security Authority; the Al-Ahram newspaper; EgyptAir; the Egyptian Armed Forces; Bank Misr (the National Bank of Egypt); the personal identification system; Egypt's judicial system, and Telecom Egypt. (references)

Economic History

Italy

Italian companies are investing heavily in solutions and services for improvement of systems and network design and integration; web hosting; integration of Web and e-commerce solutions with ERP, supply chain management and customer relationship management solutions; data warehousing solutions to support knowledge management, decision support systems, business intelligence, document management, integrated logistics, sales force automation, and customer care services. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: DECISION SUPPORT

Expressions using "DECISION SUPPORT": decision support database Decision Support System decision Support Systems Decision Support Techniques probability decision support system. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: DECISION SUPPORT

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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295

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4

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97

benefit decision support system

3

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26

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2

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22

clinical decision support

2

group decision support system

20

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2

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12

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2

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9

credit decision support

2

choice complex consumer decision support

9

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2

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7

clinical decision support system

2

audit decision support system

6

ahp decision support tool

2

marketing decision support system

4

component decision support system

2

global decision support system

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: DECISION SUPPORT

Language Translations for "DECISION SUPPORT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

DSS (Decision Support System), støtte til gruppebeslutning (group decision support), interaktivt edb-beslutningssytem (computer-assisted decision support system), beslutningsstoettesystem (Decision Support System). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

DSS (Decision Support System, dial selective signaling, dial selective signalling), ondersteuning van de besluitvorming (group decision support), ondersteunen van het beslissen op groepsniveau (group decision support), interactief beslissingsondersteunend systeem (computer-assisted decision support system), beslissingen-ondersteunend systeem voor de kapitein (decision support system for master). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

todennäköisyyteen perustuvan päätöksenteon tukijärjestelmä (in a Boltzmann machine:system composed of units that use a probabilistic decision rule to decide which of their two states to adopt at any moment, probability decision support system), päätöksenteon tukijärjestelmä DSS (Decision Support System). (various references)

   

French

  

table d'aide la décision (decision support table), systemes interactifs d'aide a la decision (Decision Support System), système interactif d'aide la décision informatisée (computer-assisted decision support system), système d'aide la décision utilisant des règles de probabilité (in a Boltzmann machine:system composed of units that use a probabilistic decision rule to decide which of their two states to adopt at any moment, probability decision support system), système d'aide la décision destiné au capitaine (decision support system for master), soutien la décision de groupe (group decision support), SIAD (Decision Support System), fichier d'aide la décision (decision support file), Aide la décision pour la gestion intégrée des zones côtières (Decision Support for Integrated coastal zone Management, DESIMA), aide la décision hôte (host decision support), écran Fichiers d'aide la décision (decision support files panel). (various references)

   

German

  

Problemlösungs-Unterstützungssystem (Decision Support System), Entscheidungshilfe für die integrierte Bewirtschaftung der Küstengebiete (Decision Support for Integrated coastal zone Management), Entscheidungsfindung in Gruppen (group decision support), computergestütztes Verfahren für die Beurteilung (computer-assisted decision support system). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

DSS (Decision Support System, dial selective signaling, dial selective signalling), σύστημα υποστήριξης αποφάσεων για τον πλοίαρχο (decision support system for master), σύστημα υποστήριξης αποφάσεων (Decision Support System), σύστημα υποστήριξης του πλοιάρχου για λήψη αποφάσεων (decision support system for master), στήριξη ομαδικών αποφάσεων (group decision support). (various references)

   

Italian

  

tabella di supporto alla decisione (decision support table), supporto alla decisione del calcolatore ospitante (host decision support), supporto alla decisione del calcolatore host (host decision support), sostegno alla decisione di gruppo (group decision support), sistema di supporto decisionale per il marketing (Marketing Decision Support System), sistema di supporto decisionale per il comandante (decision support system for master), sistema di supporto alle decisioni (Decision Support System), sistema computerizzato di supporto alla decisione (computer-assisted decision support system), schermata per file di supporto alla decisione (decision support files panel), infrastruttura decisionale per la gestione integrata delle zone costiere (Decision Support for Integrated coastal zone Management, DESIMA), file di supporto alla decisione (decision support file). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ecisionday upportsay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

sistema computadorizado interactivo de apoio ao processo de decisão (computer-assisted decision support system), apoio tomada de decisões em grupo (group decision support), Apoio Decisão para a Gestão Integrada das Zonas Costeiras (Decision Support for Integrated coastal zone Management). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

система поддержки принятия решений (decision support system). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

soporte informático interactivo de ayuda a la decisión (computer-assisted decision support system), sistema de apoyo para toma de decisión por el capitán del buque (decision support system for master), apoyo a la decisión en grupo (group decision support). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sannolikhetsbaserat beslutstödssystem (in a Boltzmann machine:system composed of units that use a probabilistic decision rule to decide which of their two states to adopt at any moment, probability decision support system). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: DECISION SUPPORT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-i-n-o-o-p-p-r-s-s-t-u"

-2 letters: superposition.

-3 letters: descriptions, periodontics, prepositions, prosecutions.

-4 letters: depositions, description, desorptions, discounters, discretions, disruptions, pedicurists, precipitous, predictions, preposition, productions, prosecution, rediscounts, repositions, scrutinised, supertonics, supposition, suspicioned.

-5 letters: censorious, cortisones, courtsides, cousinries, depictions, deposition, depositors, desorption, directions, discounter, discretion, disorients, dispersion, dispiteous, disruption, dissection, dripstones, duopsonies, eruditions, indecorous, industries, inspectors, introduces, isentropic, isoprenoid, isotropies, neotropics, nodosities.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Abbreviations
8. Acronyms
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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