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A decision support system (DSS) is meant to support a decision maker (DM). However, there are several problems associated with supporting, though not necessarily with decision making as such. These problems call for theoretical research into DSS as it is not sufficient to state that any DSS being considered has a number of desirable (main) functions determined by the designer. It is our objective in this paper to attempt a represention of DSS-aided decision making in frames in search for a common language to describe aided decision making. Representation in frames has turned out to be helpful when comparing decision-theoretically near-equivalent systems and identifying what can support what in a DSS.
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Kobashi, Y. (1987). Identifying Support in Decision Support Systems. In: Sawaragi, Y., Inoue, K., Nakayama, H. (eds) Toward Interactive and Intelligent Decision Support Systems. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 285. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46607-6_10
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