Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: Information Systems researchers and technologists have built and investigated Decision Support Systems (DSS) for almost 40 years.This article is a narrative overview of the history of Decision Support Systems (DSS) and a means of gathering more first-hand accounts about the history of DSS.Readers are asked to comment upon the stimulus narrative titled "A Brief History of Decision Support Systems" that has been read by thousands of visitors to DSSResources.COM.Also, the stimulus narrative has been reviewed by a number of key actors who created the history of DSS.The narrative is divided into four sections: The Early Years -1964Years - -1975;; Developing DSS Theory -1976-1982; Expanding the Scope of Decision Support -1979-1989; and A Technology Shift -1990-1995.
Author: Daniel Power
Institution: University of Northern Iowa
Language: English
Subfield: Management Information Systems
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2125169932