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I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Decision Support Systems
Professor Jason Chen School of BusinessGonzaga UniversitySpokane, WA [email protected]
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Decision Support,
E-Business, and
OLAP
Decision Support,e-Business, andOLAP
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Objectives
• Identify the changes taking place in the form and use of decision support in E-Business enterprises.
• Identify the role and reporting alternatives of management information systems.
• Describe how online analytical processing can meet key information needs of managers.
• Explain the decision support system concept and how it differs from traditional management information systems.
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Objectives (cont.)
• Explain how executive information systems can support the information needs of executives and managers.
• Explain organizations are warehousing and mining data.
• Give examples of several ways expert systems can be used in business decision-making situations.
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Enterprise Information Portals and DSS
Enterprise Information Portal GatewayEnterprise Information Portal User Interface
SearchAgents
SearchAgents OLAPOLAP Data
Mining
Data Mining
KnowledgeManagement
KnowledgeManagement
Database Management Functions
DataMart
OtherBusiness
Applications
OperationalDatabase
AnalyticalDatabase
KnowledgeBase
DSS
What-If ModelsSensitivity ModelsGoal-Seeking ModelsOptimization Models
Internet Intranet Extranet
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Decisions in the E-Business
StrategicManagement
TacticalManagement
OperationalManagement
Dec
isio
ns
Information
Decision Characteristics
Unstructured
Semi-structured
Structured
Planning and Control of Overall Organizational Direction by Top Management
Planning and Control of Organizational Subunits by Middle Management
Planning and Control of Day to Day Operations by Supervisory Management
DATA WORKERSDATA WORKERS
KIND OF SYSTEM GROUPS SERVEDKIND OF SYSTEM GROUPS SERVED
STRATEGIC LEVEL SENIOR STRATEGIC LEVEL SENIOR (ESS,EIS,DSS) (ESS,EIS,DSS) MANAGERSMANAGERS
MANAGEMENT LEVEL MIDDLE MANAGEMENT LEVEL MIDDLE (DSS, MIS)(DSS, MIS) MANAGERSMANAGERS
OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL
OPERATIONAL LEVEL (TPS,OAS) OPERATIONAL LEVEL (TPS,OAS) MANAGERS MANAGERS
KNOWLEDGE LEVEL KNOWLEDGE & KNOWLEDGE LEVEL KNOWLEDGE &
(KWS)(KWS)
SALES & MANUFACTURING FINANCE ACCOUNTING HUMANSALES & MANUFACTURING FINANCE ACCOUNTING HUMAN RESOURCESRESOURCESMARKETINGMARKETING
Types of the Information Systems Types of the Information Systems
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Management Information System (DBMS) Reports
Periodic ScheduledReports
Periodic ScheduledReports
Exception ReportsException Reports
Demand Reportsand Responses
Demand Reportsand Responses
Push ReportsPush Reports
MajorManagementInformation Systems (DBMS) Reports
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Task Environment
User
SoftwareSystem
DBMS MBMS
DGMS
The Decision Support Systems
DBMS: DataBase Management Systems
MBMS: ModelBase Management Systems
DGMS: DialoGue Management Systems
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Decision Support Systems
What If-AnalysisWhat If-Analysis
Sensitivity AnalysisSensitivity Analysis
Goal-Seeking AnalysisGoal-Seeking Analysis
Optimization AnalysisOptimization Analysis
ImportantDecision SupportSystemsAnalytical Models
ImportantDecision SupportSystemsAnalytical Models
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OnLine Analytical Processing (OLAP)
OLAPServerOLAPServer
Multi-dimensional
database
CorporateDatabases
Client PC
Web-enabled OLAPSoftware
Data is retrieved from corporate databasesand staged in an OLAP multi-dimensional database
•Operational DB•Data Marts•Data Warehouse
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Tools used in the User Interface
A variety of tools used by OLAP to query and analyze data stored in data warehouse and data marts:
Traditional query and reporting tools (SQL, QBE, QBF)
Spreadsheets Data Mining tools. Data Visualization tools.
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COMPONENTS OF DATA WAREHOUSE
INFORMATIONDIRECTORY
INTERNALDATASOURCES
EXTERNALDATASOURCES
OPERATIONAL,HISTORICAL DATA
DATA WAREHOUSE
EXTRACT,TRANSFORM
DATAACCESS &ANALYSIS
QUERIES &REPORTS
OLAP
DATA MINING
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Three-layer data warehouse architecture
1. Operational data and systems
2. EDW
3. DM
Quality,Integrity, and
Historical Data
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Definitions
• Data Warehouse: An integrated and consistent store of subject-oriented data that is obtained from a variety of sources and formatted into a meaningful context to support decision-making in an organization.
• Bill Inmon, the acknowledged father of the Data Warehouse, defines it as an integrated, subject-oriented, time-variant, non-volatile database that provides support for decision making.
A Comparison of Data Warehouse andOperational Database Characteristics
Characteristics Operational Database Data Data Warehouse Data
Integrated Similar data can have differentrepresentations or meaning (e.g.,social security numbers, businessentities)
Provide a unified view of all dataelements with a common definitionand representation for alldepartments.
Subject-Oriented Data are stored with a functional orprocess orientation (e.g., invoices,credits, debits, etc.)
Data are stored with a subjectorientation that facilitates multipleviews for data and decision making(e.g., sales, products, sales byproducts, etc.)
Time-Variant Data represent current transaction(e.g., the sales of a product in a givendate).
Data are historic in nature. A timedimension is added to facilitate dataanalysis and time comparisons.
Non-Volatile Data updates and deletes are verycommon.
Data cannot be changed. Data areonly added periodically fromoperational systems. Once data arestored no changes are allowed. (Butcomputed data are updated)
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OLAP Activities
• Generating queries
• Requesting ad hoc reports
• Conducting statistical and other analyses
• Developing multimedia applications
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Using SQL for Querying
• SQL (Structured Query Language)Data language English-like, nonprocedural, very user friendly language,Free format
Example:SELECT Name, SalaryFROM EmployeesWHERE Salary >2000
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Data Mining
• Knowledge discovery in databases
• Knowledge extraction
• Data archeology
• Data exploration
• Data pattern processing
• Data dredging
• Information harvesting
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Data Mining Examples
• A telephone company used a data mining tool to analyze their customer’s data warehouse. The data mining tool found about 10,000 supposedly residential customers that were expending over $1,000 monthly in phone bills.
• After further study, the phone company discovered that they were really small business owners trying to avoid paying business rates
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Other Data Mining Examples
• 65% of customers who did not use the credit card in the last six months are 88% likely to cancel their accounts.
• If age < 30 and income <= $25,000 and credit rating < 3 and credit amount > $25,000 then the minimum loan term is 10 years.
• 82% of customers who bought a new TV 27" or larger are 90% likely to buy an entertainment center within the next 4 weeks.
Brand Package Size SalesSoftTowel 2-pack $75SoftTowel 3-pack $100SoftTowel 6-pack $50
Brand Package Size Color SalesSoftTowel 2-pack While $30SoftTowel 2-pack Yellow $25SoftTowel 2-pack Pink $20SoftTowel 3-pack While $50SoftTowel 3-pack Yellow $25SoftTowel 3-pack Pink $25SoftTowel 6-pack While $30SoftTowel 6-pack Yellow $20
Example of drill-down
(b) Drill-down with color added
(a) Summary report
$75
TM 14-21
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Multidimensionality
• 3-D + Spreadsheets (OLAP has this)
• Data can be organized the way managers like to see them, rather than the way that the system analysts do
• Different presentations of the same data can be arranged easily and quickly
• Dimensions: products, salespeople, market segments, business units, geographical locations, distribution channels, country, or industry
• Measures: money, sales volume, head count, inventory profit, actual versus forecast
• Time: daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly
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Slicing a data cube
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Slicing a data cube
Regions
Salespersons
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Multidimensionality Limitations
• Extra storage requirements
• Higher cost
• Extra system resource and time consumption
• More complex interfaces and maintenance
Multidimensionality is especially popular in executive information and support systems (EIS and ESS)
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Data Visualization and Multidimensionality
Data Visualization Technologies
• Digital images
• Geographic information systems
• Graphical user interfaces
• Multidimensions
• Tables and graphs
• Virtual reality
• Presentations
• Animation
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• A computer-based system for capturing, storing, checking, integrating, manipulating, and displaying data using digitized maps
• Spatially-oriented databases
• Useful in marketing, sales, voting estimation, planned product distribution
• Available via the Web
• Can use with GPS (Global Positioning System)
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Business Intelligence on the Web
• Can capture and analyze data from Web• Tools deployed on Web
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Current dataShort database transactionsOnline update/insert/deleteNormalization is promotedHigh volume transactionsTransaction recovery is necessary
Low number of concurrent usersVarious ad hoc queries
Current and historical dataLong database transactionBatch update/insert/deleteDe-normalization is promotedLow volume transactionsTransaction recovery is not necessaryLow number of concurrent usersMore predefined queries, but are efficient in processing numerous ad hoc queries. Requires numerous indexing (approx. 50% data)
OLTP OLAP(On Line Transaction Processing On Line Analytical Processing)
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Enterprise Information Portals and DSS
Enterprise Information Portal GatewayEnterprise Information Portal User Interface
SearchAgents
SearchAgents OLAPOLAP Data
Mining
Data Mining
KnowledgeManagement
KnowledgeManagement
Database Management Functions
DataMart
OtherBusiness
Applications
OperationalDatabase
AnalyticalDatabase
KnowledgeBase
DSS
What-If ModelsSensitivity ModelsGoal-Seeking ModelsOptimization Models
Internet Intranet Extranet
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Artificial Intelligence Applications
CognitiveScience
Applications
CognitiveScience
Applications
ArtificialIntelligenceArtificial
Intelligence
RoboticsApplications
RoboticsApplications
NaturalInterface
Applications
NaturalInterface
Applications
•Expert Systems•Fuzzy Logic•Genetic Algorithms•Neural Networks
•Visual Perceptions•Locomotion•Navigation•Tactility
•Natural Language•Speech Recognition•Multisensory Interface•Virtual Reality
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Intelligent Agents
InterfaceTutors
InterfaceTutors
PresentationAgents
PresentationAgents
NetworkNavigation
Agents
NetworkNavigation
Agents
Role-PlayingAgents
Role-PlayingAgents
UserInterfaceAgents
InformationManagement
Agents
SearchAgentsSearchAgents
InformationBrokers
InformationBrokers
InformationFilters
InformationFilters
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Components of Expert Systems
The Expert SystemThe Expert System
KnowledgeBase
User Workstation
ExpertAdvice User
InterfacePrograms
UserInterfacePrograms
InferenceEngine
Program
InferenceEngine
Program
Expert System DevelopmentExpert System Development
Workstation
KnowledgeEngineering
KnowledgeAcquisition
Program
KnowledgeAcquisition
Program
Expert and/orKnowledge Engineer
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Expert System Applications
Decision ManagementDecision Management
Diagnostic/TroubleshootingDiagnostic/Troubleshooting
Maintenance/SchedulingMaintenance/Scheduling
Design/ConfigurationDesign/Configuration
Selection/ClassificationSelection/Classification
Major ApplicationCategoriesof Expert Systems
Process Monitoring/ControlProcess Monitoring/Control
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eBusiness Key Concepts
• eBusiness– The strategy of how to automate old business models
with the aid of technology to maximize customer value• eCommerce
– The process of buying and selling over digital media• eCRM (eCustomer Relationship Management)
– The process of building, sustaining, and improving eBusiness relationships with existing and potential customers through digital media
E-ChannelManagement
ProcurementNetwork
TradingNetwork
E-Customer Relationship
E-Commerce
E-Portal ManagementE-Services
SCM/ERP/Legacy Appls
Bu
sinesses
Bu
sinesses &
C
onsu
mers
1:NM:1 M:N
Knowledge Management/Business Intelligence
Focus on e-Business Applications
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The E-Business Application Architecture
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Data Mining Application Areas
• Marketing• Banking• Retailing and sales• Manufacturing and production• Brokerage and securities trading• Insurance• Computer hardware and software• Government and defense• Airlines• Health care• Broadcasting• Law enforcement
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Intelligent Data Mining
• Use intelligent search to discover information within data warehouses that queries and reports cannot effectively reveal
• Find patterns in the data and infer rules from them
• Use patterns and rules to guide decision making and forecasting
• Five common types of information that can be yielded by data mining: 1) association, 2) sequences, 3) classifications, 4) clusters, and 5) forecasting
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Main Tools Used in Intelligent Data Mining
• Case-based Reasoning
• Neural Computing
• Intelligent Agents
• Other Tools
– Decision trees
– Rule induction
– Data visualization
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Major Data Mining Characteristics and Objectives
• Data are often buried deep• Client/server architecture• Sophisticated new tools--including advanced
visualization tools--help to remove the information “ore”
• End-user miner empowered by data drills and other power query tools with little or no programming skills
• Often involves finding unexpected results• Tools are easily combined with spreadsheets, etc.• Parallel processing for data mining
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How does a Company to Survive and/or Prosper?
• To survive and/or prosper in the turbulent e-Age, an organization should focus on three areas:– Core competencies,– Business models, and– Execution
• Operations• People• Strategies
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Summary
• Decision support systems in business are changing. The growth of corporate intranets, extranets, and other web technologies have increased the demand for a variety of personalized, proactive, web-enabled analytical techniques to support DSS.
• Information systems must support a variety of management decision-making levels and decisions. These include the three levels of management activity: strategic, tactical, and operational.
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Summary (cont’d)
• Online analytical processing (OLAP) is used to analyze complex relationships among large amounts of data stored in multidimensional databases. Data mining analyzes large stores of historical data contained in data warehouses.
• Decision support systems are interactive computer-based information systems that use DSS software and a model base to provide information to support semi-structured and unstructured decision making.
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Summary (cont’d)
• The major application domains in artificial intelligence include a variety of applications in cognitive sciences, robotics, and natural interfaces.
• Organizations are warehousing and mining data.
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Homework
• Complete an OLAP assignment on #2 of Chapter 6 (p.211) of the text
• Copy the file CardiologyCategorical.xls• What you should turn in
– A floppy contains the file with the work done (label with your name)
– A hardcopy with answers for questions #2 (i.e., a thru e) [use of Word is required]
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Break !
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Virtual Reality
• An environment and/or technology that provides artificially generated sensory cues sufficient to engender in the user some willing suspension of disbelief
• Can share data and interact
• Can analyze data by creating a landscape
• Useful in marketing, prototyping aircraft designs
• VR over the Internet through VRML
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AI Application Areas in Business
Neural NetworksNeural Networks
Fuzzy Logic SystemsFuzzy Logic Systems
Virtual RealityVirtual Reality
Expert SystemsExpert Systems
AI ApplicationAreas inBusiness
AI ApplicationAreas inBusiness
Intelligent AgentsIntelligent Agents
Genetic AlgorithmsGenetic Algorithms
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Data Warehouse
DBMS
Data ExtractData Cleanup
Data Load
MRDB
MDDB
Data Marts
InformationDeliverySystem
Legacy & External
Data
AdminPlatform
Repository
UpdateProcess
ODS Metadata
Applications& Tools
ReportQuery
EISTools
OLAPTools
Data MiningTools
Management Platform
Tra
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L
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Data Warehouse and Operational Data Stores.
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