421/CISY 427: DECISION SUPPORT AND EXPERT SYSTEMS Decision support systems: These systems give direct computer support to managers during the decision-making process. For example‚ advertising managers may use an electronic spreadsheet program to do what-if analysis as they test the impact of alternative advertising budgets on the forecasted sales of new products. Decision support systems are computer-based information systems that provide interactive information support to managers and business
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analysis‚ compilation of raw data‚ circulation of precise documents and effective utilization of computer systems. Frito Lay is an example of a company who implemented various decision support systems (DSS) into their business model. A DSS is a “highly flexible and interactive IT system that is designed to support decision making when the problem is not structured.” (Haag‚ Cummins p.162) Managers require information to guide their organization in the right direction. DSS increases productivity‚ efficiency
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As Willert & Willert suggest‚ ‘positive behaviour supports developed through the implementation of simple reinforcement strategies…can have a significant influence on the social climate of an entire school.’ (As cited in Zirpoli‚ 2012‚ p. 257). With this in mind‚ this paper aims to analyse and compare the School’s management‚ welfare‚ and discipline policies with positive behaviour support models‚ specifically Mayer’s (1999) constructive discipline approach. The School reflects the view that the
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Assignment 4: Decision Support Systems Making decisions concerning complex systems (e.g.‚ the management of organizational operations‚ industrial processes‚ or investment portfolios; the command and control of military units; or the control of nuclear power plants) often strains our cognitive capabilities. Even though individual interactions among a system’s variables may be well understood‚ predicting how the system will react to an external manipulation such as a policy decision is often difficult
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Child Support Anyone could argue about child support‚ but who has to pay is determined by a judge in court. What I don’t understand about why some women file for it‚ like the ones’ who has all these kids and don’t have a job or don’t want a job‚ but wants money. Women who don’t have jobs‚ but has their hair and nails done‚ and talk about their kids needs clothes and diapers. Women who don’t want the father to take full responsibility for their child or children‚ but will let them get their child
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Support Vector Machine Luyang Liu 152003815 I. Introduction Support vector machines (SVMs) are a basic machine learning method for supervised learning models with associated learning algorithms that analyze data and recognize patterns‚ used for classification and regression analysis. Introduced by Vladimir Vapnik and his colleagues‚ SVMs are a relatively new learning method used for binary classification. The basic idea is to find a hyperplane which separates the d-dimensional data perfectly into
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Chapter 8 Decision Support Systems Managers and Decision Making A decision refers to a choice made between alternatives. Why Managers Need the Support of Information Technology. It is very difficult to make good decisions without valid‚ timely and relevant information. Number of alternatives to be considered is increasing Many decisions are made under time pressure. Due to uncertainty in the decision environment‚ it is frequently necessary to conduct a sophisticated analysis
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many public policies that affect the public and need to be addressed such as child support‚ disability‚ immigration‚ homelessness‚ social security‚ unemployment and poverty to name a few. In the forthcoming essay‚ I will discuss and analyze the scope of the child support policy and its affect in the U.S. I will address the following questions: Who are the stakeholders and affected constituencies? Is this child support policy issue one that is faced by the federal and state governments? What political
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marital assets and the nonmarital assets of the parties. (h) The desirability of retaining the marital home as a residence for any dependent child of the marriage‚ or any other party‚ when it would be equitable to do so‚ it is in the best interest of the child or that party‚ and it is financially feasible for the parties to maintain the residence until the child is emancipated or until exclusive possession is otherwise terminated by a court of competent jurisdiction. In
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According to NSO Survey‚ in the year 2011 the population of child labor grew up to 3 million compared in the year 2001 that has 2.4 million population of child labor. 25% of the population are doing hazardous jobs that can harm them. Many laws had been passed but the population of child labor still increases. Child labor refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood‚ their ability to attend regular classes‚ and totally dangerous for them. In the developing
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