Decision Support Systems and Data Warehouses

This book provides a systematic introduction to the principles of Decision Support Systems and Data Warehouses.

It covers the entire range of tools, from decision trees to expert systems which are now available for managerial decision making under stress and severe time constraints. The chapters on Data Warehousing and Knowledge Retrieval cover the recent trends in developing customer profiles and other useful information from the data available in enterprises. The last chapter, Computer Networks, provides the required information to managers and executives for getting familiar with the delivery system which has become indispensable for computer based information systems.

This book will be useful to undergraduate students of Computer Science & Information Technology. Managers and executives will also find this book a useful reference source.