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| artificial intelligence (AI) |
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| a subfield of computer science concerned with studying the thought processes of humans and representing the effects of those processes via machines. |
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| information systems that assist managers in decision making by allowing extensive, user-driven data analysis via a variety of modeling techniques, or providing easy, intuitive access to structured information. |
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| corporate performance management |
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| the area of business intelligence involved with monitoring and managing an organization's performance, according to key performance indicators (KPIs) such as revenue, return on investment (ROI), overhead, and operational costs. |
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| the process of searching for valuable business information in a large database, data warehouse, or data mart. |
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| a face-to-face setting for a group DSS in which terminals are available to the participants. |
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| decision support system (DSS) |
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| business intelligence systems that combine models and data in an attempt to solve semistructured and some unstructured problems with extensive user involvement. |
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| a business intelligence system that provides rapid access to timely information and direct access to management reports. |
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| geographic information system |
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| a computer-based system for capturing, integrating, manipulating, and displaying data using digitized maps. |
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| study that attempts to find the value of the inputs necessary to achieve a desired level of output. |
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| group decision support system (GDSS) |
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| an interactive computer-based system that supports the process of finding solutions by a group of decision makers. |
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| a term that describes the various commercial applications of artificial intelligence. |
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| a process by which organizational goals are achieved through the use of resources. |
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| model (in decision making) |
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| a simplified representation, or abstraction, of reality. |
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| multidimensional data analysis |
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| the process of performing complex, multidimensional analyses of data stored in a database or data warehouse, typically using graphical software tools. |
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| natural language generation (aka voice synthesis) |
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| technology that enables computers to produce ordinary language by "voice" or on the screen so that people can understand computers more easily. |
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| natural language processing (NLP) |
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| communicating with a computer in the user's native language. |
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| natural language understanding (aka speech or voice recognition) |
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| the ability of a computer to comprehend instructions given in ordinary language via the keyboard or by voice. |
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| a system of programs and data structures that approximates the operation of the human brain. |
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| online analytical processing (OLAP) |
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| the process of performing compelx, multidimensional analyses of data stored in a database or data warehouse, typically using graphical software tools. |
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| organizational decision support system (ODSS) |
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| a DSS-BI system that focuses on an organizational task or activity involving a sequence of operations and decision makers. |
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| the ratio between the inputs to a process and the outputs from that process. |
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| the study of the impact that changes in one (or more) parts of a model have on other parts. |
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| a test for artificial intelligence in which a human interviewer, conversing with both an unseen human being and an unseen computer, cannot determine which is which |
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| interactive, computer-generated, three-dimensional graphics delivered to the user through head-moutned display. |
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| the study of the impact of a change in the assumptions (input data) on the proposed solutions. |
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