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Doyle, Gerald S. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Complex and expensive systems' development suffers from a lack of method for making good system-architecture-selection decisions early in the development process. Failure to make a good system-architecture-selection decision increases the risk that a development effort will not meet cost, performance and schedule goals. This research provides a…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Architecture, Probability, Research Opportunities
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Kersten, Gregory E. – Information Processing and Management, 1987
Focuses on the role of the computer system in group decision making. Two systems used in solving negotiating problems--NEGO and MEDIATOR--and three procedures that can be utilized to develop group decision support systems are analyzed, based on multicriteria decision analysis and mathematical programming models. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Aspiration, Computer System Design, Decision Making, Decision Support Systems
McClure, Charles R.; And Others – Library Administration & Management, 1989
Describes the development of a microcomputer based management information system (MIS) for the DeKalb County Public Library. Data collection activities that determined system requirements and the evolution of a database design from those requirements are discussed, as well as plans to develop a generic public library MIS based on this model.…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Data Processing, Database Design, Decision Making
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Meadow, Charles T.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1989
Reports on design and rationale of Online Access to Knowledge, a computer intermediary developed by Online Access to Knowledge Project to enable users with little or no training or experience in bibliographic searching to conduct their own searches. Topics covered include software design, tutorials and assistance programs, and conclusions based on…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer System Design, Decision Making, Formative Evaluation