A decision support system for cyclic master surgery scheduling with multiple objectives

This paper presents a decision support system for cyclic master surgery scheduling and describes the results of an extensive case study applied in a medium-sized Belgian hospital. Three objectives are taken into account when building the master surgery schedule. First of all, the resulting bed occupancy at the hospitalization units should be leveled as much as possible. Second, a particular operating room is best allocated exclusively to one group of surgeons having the same speciality; i.e., operating rooms should be shared as little as possible between different surgeon groups. Third, the master surgery schedule is preferred to be as simple and repetitive as possible, with few changes from week to week. The system relies on mixed integer programming techniques involving the solution of multi-objective linear and quadratic optimization problems, and on a simulated annealing metaheuristic.     

A decision support system for personnel scheduling in a manufacturing environment

A Decision Support System (DSS) is developed to support managers in the task of scheduling labor in the area of manufacturing. The DSS is designed to generate labor requirements by worker category and work center based on master production schedules. It is a PC-based, menu-driven program that generates a capacity plan based on data supplied by the user of the system.     

基于World Wide Web的决策支持模型研究

文中通过对基于Ｗｏｒｌｄ Ｗｉｄｅ Ｗｅｂ（ＷＷＷ）上建立决策支持电子环境的研究，利用中介代理的概念，在用户和技术的拥有者之间架起了一座桥梁，构成了决策网，从而使ＷＷＷ上的决策技术得到共享。讨论了其结构、性能和各种功能，为进一步研究ＷＷＷ上的决策支持提供了一条途径。     

基于本体的网络空间决策支持系统研究*

为了不同的空间决策,往往需要建立相应的空间决策支持系统,在这些空间决策支持系统中,大量的空间数据和模型是可以被重复使用的,因此提出了一种基于本体的空间决策支持系统。该系统能够高效、自动地利用互联网中存在的各类异构空间信息与分析资源来支持空间决策;此外,本系统还提出了一种灵活的体系架构来解决空间决策中存在的语义问题。     

Dynamic decision support framework for production scheduling using a combined genetic algorithm and multiagent model

Due to the dynamic nature, complexity, and interactivity of production scheduling in an actual business environment, suitable combined and hybrid methods are necessary. This paper takes prefabricated concrete components as an example and develops the dynamic decision support framework based on a genetic algorithm and multiagent system (MAS) to optimize and simulate the production scheduling. First, a multiobjective genetic algorithm is integrated into the MAS for preliminary optimization and a series of near‐optimal solutions are obtained. Subsequently, considering the resource constraints and uncertainties, the MAS is used to simulate complex real‐world production environments. Considering the different types of uncertainty factors, the paper proposes the corresponding dynamic scheduling method and uses MAS to generate the optimal production schedule. Finally, a practical prefabricated construction case is used to validate the proposed model. The results show that the model can effectively address the occurrence of uncertain events and can provide dynamic decision support for production scheduling.     

A decision support system for paper making based on simulation and optimization

In this paper a model-driven decision support system related to paper making is introduced. The intention is to emphasize the necessity of coupling different modeling techniques, multiobjective optimization, and software engineering in order to make the end user application realistic, practical and usable. Firstly the paper making process and selected aspects concerning its mathematical modeling, numerical simulation, and multiobjective optimization are introduced, then the related computerized system, called a virtual paper making line, is described. In addition, the associated decision support system, which provides a suitable level of automation to improve the quality of decision making and support the user’s expertise is discussed. Finally, an example presents different ways of using such a software tool.     

MATLAB在基于Web的决策支持系统中的应用研究*

探讨了MATLAB的应用程序接口原理,对B/S模式的两种应用程序接口方式进行了比较和分析。对于现有文献尚未涉及的COM组件接口方式,结合一个区域经济决策支持系统实例给出了具体的应用流程。     

A web-based spatial decision support system optimizes routes for oversize/overweight vehicles in Delaware

Delaware Department of Transportation has developed a web-based spatial decision support system for managing the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles over the State's highways. This system combines network optimization techniques and a J2EE web-architecture to provide a robust, high-performance and scalable system meeting Delaware's current and future permit processing needs. The new system replaces existing manual processes, providing a number of immediate and future benefits including reducing time to calculate some permits from weeks to seconds, reducing processing costs and providing potential safety benefits by reacting to rapidly changing highway conditions.     

A metalanguage design for sessions with group decision support systems

This paper proposes a metalanguage for representing communication among participants in a session of a group decision support system (GDSS). Such a vehicle can be used for setting standards and designing specific user interfaces with GDSS.Three different roles of participants are identified: chairperson, chauffeur and regular participant. The tasks and activities of each role are analyzed. Based on the analysis, communications requirements are derived. The requirements lead to a design of a metalanguage consisting of 15 different commands. The paper concludes by displaying the structure and syntax of each command.The work described here is conceptual and could be considered as a proposal for GDSS language design.     

网络化设计评价群决策支持系统研究

为了改进产品设计评价的方法,将决策支持系统机制引入产品设计评价领域。改进了部分个体评价及群决策方法,构建了适用产品设计的评价问题生成库和评价问题解决方法库。结合产品设计评价的特点,采用群体决策的思想,构建出包括对话、数据、模型三个模块的群决策支持系统框架。建立基于网络的产品设计评价群决策支持系统。它将对辅助决策、改进设计质量具有较高的实用价值。     

基于数据仓库的刑事案件决策支持系统设计

为了更有效地促进情报主导警务模式的推进,对刑事案件决策支持系统进行了研究与设计.首先分析了公安刑事案件决策支持系统的总体需求,并基于数据仓库技术设计了层次化的系统体系结构;然后提出了刑事案件数据仓库模型,并基于本体-规则、元数据-功能提出了多源、异构数据的抽取、转换与加载的整合方法,设计了系统的功能体系;最后介绍了相关成果在大连市公安局的应用示例.实践结果表明,基于数据仓库的刑事案件决策支持系统可以为领导和一线干警提供有效的决策支持.     

D-side: A facility and workforce planning group multi-criteria decision support system for Johnson Space Center

“To understand and protect our home planet, to explore the universe and search for life, and to inspire the next generation of explorers” is NASA's mission. The Systems Management Office at Johnson Space Center (JSC) is searching for methods to effectively manage the Center's resources to meet NASA's mission. D-Side is a group multi-criteria decision support system (GMDSS) developed to support facility decisions at JSC. D-Side uses a series of sequential and structured processes to plot facilities in a three-dimensional (3-D) graph on the basis of each facility's alignment with NASA's mission and goals, the extent to which other facilities are dependent on the facility, and the dollar value of capital investments that have been postponed at the facility relative to the facility's replacement value. A similarity factor rank orders facilities based on their Euclidean distance from Ideal and Nadir points. These similarity factors are then used to allocate capital improvement resources across facilities. We also present a parallel model that can be used to support decisions concerning allocation of human resources investments across workforce units. Finally, we present results from a pilot study where 12 experienced facility managers from NASA used D-Side and the organization's current approach to rank order and allocate funds for capital improvement across 20 facilities. Users evaluated D-Side favorably in terms of ease of use, the quality of the decision-making process, decision quality, and overall value-added. Their evaluations of D-Side were significantly more favorable than their evaluations of the current approach.     

An evolutionary algorithm-based decision support system for managing flexible manufacturing

The high investment cost of flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) requires their management to be effective and efficient. The effectiveness in managing FMSs includes addressing machine loading, scheduling parts and dispatching vehicles and the quality of the solution. Therefore the problem is inevitably multi-criteria, and decision maker's judgement may contribute to the quality of the solution and the systems's performance. On the other hand, each of these problems of FMS is hard to optimize due to the large and discrete solution spaces (NP-hard). The FMS manager must address each of these problems hierarchically (separately) or simultaneously (aggregately) in a limited time. The efficiency of the management is related to the response time.

Here we propose a decision support system that utilizes an evolutionary algorithm (EA) with a memory of “good” past experiments as the solution engine. Therefore, even in the absence of an expert decision maker the performance of the solution engine and/or the quality of the solutions are maintained.

The experiences of the decision maker(s) are collected in a database (i.e., memory-base) that contains problem characteristics, the modeling parameters of the evolutionary program, and the quality of the solution. The solution engine in the decision support system utilizes the information contained in the memory-base in solving the current problem. The initial population is created based on a memory-based seeding algorithm that incorporates information extracted from the quality solutions available in the database. Therefore, the performance of the engine is designed to improve following each use gradually. The comparisons obtained over a set of randomly generated test problems indicate that EAs with the proposed memory-based seeding perform well. Consequently, the proposed DSS improves not only the effectiveness (better solution) but also the efficiency (shorter response time) of the decision maker(s).     

基于数据仓库的货物进出口决策支持系统

在研究数据仓库的特点、组成及其实现的基础上,对数据仓库和联机分析处理技术进行了研究,构建了一种基于数据仓库的货物进出口决策支持系统结构.解决了数据仓库模型的创建、数据的增量更新及数据分析与展现问题.最后,对基于数据仓库的货物进出口决策支持系统的实现问题进行了探讨.     

基于电子决策剧场的城市管理决策支持系统体系架构研究

智慧城市是一个复杂的巨系统,在智慧城市管理中存在着很多的公共决策问题。针对决策过程中要解决的两大困难,一是要在城市海量信息中快速获取与决策问题相关的有价值信息,二是要降低实现群决策的时间和经济成本。提出了决策支持综合集成研讨厅的逻辑结构和基于电子决策剧场解决城市公共决策问题的方法;设计了基于电子决策剧场的城市管理决策支持系统体系架构,并给出了具体的应用流程。关键词：     

JUDGES: A descriptive group decision support system for the ranking of items

A set of tools for group decision support are presented. Decision problems involving several decision makers, here-after called judges, that have to rank several alternatives, are considered. The toolbox is called JUDGES. It includes the four following procedures:

• - a hierarchical representation of the judges allows to display the existing conflicts between groups of judges,

• - enhanced box-plots representations of the alternatives are generated in order to detect those that are responsible for the major conflicts,

• - specific advice is issued to each judge in order to reach more easily a consensus,

• - a general framework for a pairwise group preference structure is proposed, and can be used to finalise the decision.

These procedures are embedded in an interactive software, implemented on micro-computer, which currently simulates the use on a network. Actual network implementation is foreseen in the near future. Several applications are presented and future developments are discussed.

基于云计算和WebGIS的河口水环境决策支持系统

为了进一步强化水环境模型的模拟和预报能力,结合云计算、WebGIS等先进计算机技术,基于B/S三层架构开发模式,构建一个河口水环境决策支持系统。云计算性能分析结果表明,云计算对模型串行计算速度提升效果不大,对并行计算速度提升效果显著。系统简化繁杂的专业操作,强化模型的模拟和预报能力,为闽江水务管理部门提供决策支持,可进一步推广应用于其他河口的水环境管理。     

基于开源项目的教育决策支持系统的设计与开发

将决策支持系统应用于教育工作中是当今教育信息化的重要内容之一.以实际的教育决策支持系统为基础,详细阐述了基于开源项目的教育决策支持系统的设计原理和实现过程.并提出了一种教育数据仓库平台的设计思想,并加以实现.在该系统的开发过程中,利用了不少优秀的开放源码软件并加以改造,这种开发模式不但能够加快开发过程,而且费用低廉.     

An intelligent decision support system for supply,distribution, and marketing planning

The paper focuses on a new and successful application of an optimization-based decision support system (DSS) in the Petroleum Industry. It involves the design, development and implementation of a model and computer system to address the complex short-term planning and operational issues associated with the supply, distribution and marketing of refined petroleum products. This has evolved into an intelligent DSS that uses the tools of Knowledge Engineering and Expert Systems to build an effective, integrated DSS. Several unique modeling features, hitherto untried in any major modeling effort, have been successfully implemented in a Network Optimization framework. The use of a fourth generation modeling language called GENASYS has been instrumental in capturing the intricacies of the network model and facilitates creating new model structures for various parametric changes. Concepts from Knowledge Based Systems and Artificial Intelligence applied in setting up Exception Reports through the use of production rules are another major characteristic of this application. The impact of this decision support system on integrated short-term planning and decision making and in stimulating changes in the attitudes and environment of the users and management is extensive.This research was supported in part by the Center for Business Decision Analysis, the Hugh Roy Cullen Centennial Chair in Business Administration, and the Office of Naval Research under contract N00014-78C-0222. Reproduction in whole or in part is permitted for any purpose of the U.S. Government.     

TeamSpirit: Design, implementation, and evaluation of a Web-based group decision support system

Distributed teams can carry out critical tasks with appropriate decision support technologies. The architecture and detailed design of a Web-based GDSS, called TeamSpirit, are discussed to address the challenges of building a Web-based GDSS. A series of empirical studies are reported to assess the effectiveness of TeamSpirit in supporting distributed group problem solving when in-person facilitation is not possible. Results indicate that giving creative problem solving training to TeamSpirit participants had positive impacts on team performance. Users who received brief TeamSpirit training were able to design and facilitate virtual meetings by themselves and achieved better team performance than control groups.