NPTEL Syllabus

Computer Aided Decision Support Systems (CADSS) - Web course

COURSE OUTLINE The objective of this course is to provide students with a working knowledge of topics related to Decision Support Systems design and implementation. Concepts and tools will be introduced that will be applied to different problems in Industrial Engineering. Students will be introduced to the concepts of modeling, including simulation models and/or mathematical and empirical models, to provide for decision support. Concepts of alternative analysis and its significance to manufacturing problems will be demonstrated. Upon completion of the class, students should be able to develop their own decision support system applications that integrate databases and models with an intuitive user interface. Additionally, the course also aims at exploring recent trends and advancements in decision support systems, especially the MRP and ERP systems with knowledge bases. Contents: Pre-requisites: 1. Operations Research for Management Basic computer programming skills. Additional Reading: 1. Literature on Enterprise Resource Planning, Manufacturing Resource Planning, Inventory systems, Artificial Intelligence etc.

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Introduction to information system analysis and design, decision support Hyperlinks: systems, database management systems, query languages, user interfaces. 1. www.php5.org/ User interface languages, usability designs and considerations, model2. graphpite.sourceforge.net/ base management systems, development of decision support models, basic simulation models, mathematical and empirical models. 3. www.mysql.com/ Model validation and verification, algorithms for decision support, 4. www.w3schools.com/htmL/default.asp alternative analysis, knowledge based systems, implementing EOQ models, enterprise resource planning systems, manufacturing resource planning systems. Coordinators: COURSE DETAIL Dr. Deepu Philip Department of Industrial & Management EngineeringIIT Kanpur Topics No.of Hours

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Introduction to decision support systems, decision theory, rational decisions, applicability.

Database management systems, MySQL in Linux platform. Relational database concept, relationships, normal forms, database design for complex systems.

Database queries, query languages and query optimization for decision support systems.

Implementing SQL through server side scripting.

User interfaces, HTML+PHP as user interface (UI) designing tools. Server side programming, interfacing with MySQL etc.

Usability considerations of UI, information gathering and presentation for decision support, manipulation of query results.

Decision support system models, model-database, simulation models. Mathematical and empirical models, model validation and verification. Output analysis, alternate decisions analysis.

Economic order quantity models, implementing a EOQ decision support system, considerations.

Application of decision support system in manufacturing systems.

Enterprise resource planning implementation of decision support systems and applications.

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Advancements in decision support systems, knowledge based systems, artificially intelligent systems.

Total References:

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1. Vicki L Sauter, "Decision Support Systems", John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2. Ramez Elmasri and Shamkant Navathe, "Fundamentals of Database Systems", Addison Wesley Company. 3. Efraim Turban, Jay Aronson, Ting- Peng Liang, and Ramesh Sharda, "Decision Support and Business Intelligence Systems", Prentice Hall Inc.
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