FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR DEVELOPING DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS*
提出决策支持系统的通用描述，包含语言、知识和问题处理三个组件，并介绍几种非传统但能推动商业决策支持系统发展的系统。
Abstract A formal, generic description of decision support systems is introduced. This description views a decision support system as having three principal components: a language system, a knowledge system, and a problem processing system. Several systems that fit the generic decision support system idea, but are (for the most part) not the customary kinds of systems encountered in business applications, are described. The concepts and techniques employed in these systems can make important contributions to the emergence of more powerful business‐oriented decision support systems.