Decision Support Systems Engineering

Provides a comprehensive discussion of the design and use of decision support systems. It describes the generic technological components of such systems, emphasizing system requirements analysis and specification, the use of alternative analytical methods and how systems can be evaluated. It then discusses the formulation of user needs, their translation into system requirements, the hardware and software allocation of these requirements, and the development of suitable hardware and software architectures.

Booknews

Provides information on applying a systems-based approach to software development. Discusses key aspects of software quality, reliability, and development environments. Includes integration, maintenance, management, cost analysis, and taxonomy of methods for making productivity tools available for wider use. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About the author ANDREW P. SAGE is the Dean of the School of Information Technology and Engineering at George Mason University. He is also the first American Bank Professor of Information Technology. Dr. Sage is the Editor of the Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and is also author of a number of books, among them Economic Systems Analysis: Microeconomics for Systems Engineering, Engineering Management and Project Selection, a coauthor of Introduction to Computer Systems: Analysis, Design, and Applications and the editor of System Design for Human Interaction and the Concise Encyclopedia of Information Processing in Systems and Organizations. Dr. Sage received his PhD from Purdue University.