?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4125%2F&rft.title=Design+and+Implementation+of+Model-based+Decision+Support+Systems&rft.creator=Makowski%2C+M.&rft.description=Decision+making+often+requires+the+analysis+of+large+amount+of+data+and+complex+relations.+Computerized+tools+designed+and+implemented+for+such+purposes+are+called+Decision+Support+Systems+(DSS).+A+DSS%2C+which+is+typically+a+problem+specific+tool%2C+usually+helps+in+the+evaluation+of+consequences+of+given+decisions+and+may+advise+what+decision+would+be+the+best+for+achieving+a+given+set+of+goals.+In+such+cases%2C+an+analysis+of+a+mathematical+model+can+support+rational+decision+making.+%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+paper+provides+an+overview+of+the+methodology+of+the+design+and+deals+with+practical+aspects+related+to+implementations+of+model-based+decision+support+systems.+In+particular%2C+different+approaches+to+the+analysis+of+a+model+using+simulation+and+optimization+are+summarized.+Various+optimization+techniques+are+discussed+in+this+context%2C+including+multi-criteria+optimization+used+for+a+model+analysis.+The+paper+summarizes+also+problems+of+hardware+selection+and+of+software+development.+Modular+software+tools+applicable+to+DSSs%2C+including+a+tool+for+data+interchange%2C+are+characterized.+Selected+issues+of+implementations+of+modular+solvers+and+of+applications+of+artificial+neural+nets+to+decision+support+are+also+presented.&rft.publisher=WP-94-086&rft.date=1994-12&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4125%2F1%2FWP-94-086.pdf&rft.identifier=++Makowski%2C+M.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F193.html%3E+ORCID%3A+https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0002-6107-0972+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0002-6107-0972%3E++(1994).++Design+and+Implementation+of+Model-based+Decision+Support+Systems.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-94-086+++++