| Decision Support technologies are changing rapidly and | | | | DSS to other fields such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
| a great deal of innovation is occurring related to these | | | | and Software Engineering (SE). So It is clear that the |
| types of technologies. Since the early 1970s, decision | | | | introduction of DSS received great attention from the |
| support systems (DSS) technology and applications [8] | | | | beginning , since these systems were heading to |
| have evolved significantly. Many technological and | | | | important developments such as the integration of |
| organizational developments have exerted an impact | | | | interactive systems for managers and professionals, |
| on this evolution. DSS once utilized more limited | | | | the achievement of user-friendly environments, and the |
| database, modeling, and user interface functionality, but | | | | provision of a suitable framework for the handling of |
| technological innovations have enabled far more | | | | semi-structured and unstructured tasks. |
| powerful DSS functionality. DSS once supported | | | | Recently many improvements have been witnessed in |
| individual decision-makers, but later DSS technologies | | | | the DSS field, with the inclusion of AI techniques and |
| were applied to workgroups or teams, especially virtual | | | | methods , as for example: knowledge bases, fuzzy |
| teams. | | | | logic, multi-agent systems, natural language, genetic |
| Information Systems researchers and technologists | | | | algorithms, neural networks and so forth. The inclusion |
| have built and investigated DSS for more than 35 | | | | of AI technologies in DSS is an effort to develop |
| years. The DSS pioneers created particular and | | | | computer based systems that mimic human qualities, |
| distinct streams of technology development and | | | | such as approximate, reasoning, intuition, and just plain |
| research that serve as the foundation n for much of | | | | common sense. The new common denomination is: |
| today's work in DSS | | | | Intelligent Decision Support Systems - IDSS which will |
| However, the term DSS and its offshoot, Executive | | | | be the subject of our research. Mainly the need for a |
| Information Systems (EIS), have all but disappeared | | | | new software development process for these |
| from vendors' web sites and a new generation of | | | | systems. |
| systems has emerged, namely the Business | | | | Design and development of DSS is an important topic |
| Intelligence (BI) applications. This is the viewpoint of | | | | because DSS serve many different functions and are |
| many researchers whom where involved in industrial | | | | quite diverse in terms of the software used for their |
| application. Such as Alter who argues that "decision | | | | development. Choosing an appropriate approach or |
| support" provides a richer basis than "DSS" .but in my | | | | methodology for building DSS has been a popular and |
| opinion the term of DSS serve as the basic concept | | | | controversial topic in the Information Systems (IS) |
| of all the new applications and technologies mentioned | | | | literature as a way of increasing DSS adoption and |
| above , it is important especially the combinations of | | | | use. |