Decision Support Systems Subsytems of DSS Ecosystem Uniqueness Terrain Complexity Species Richness Disturbance Index Biodiversity Value

Decision Support Systems Decision support systems (DSS) are computer programs that are designed to bring the whole of the knowledge base to bear on a problem. This is achieved by providing a flexible and adaptive solution system that makes explicit use of both the analyst’s models and the decision-maker’s expert knowledge. Here, the objective is to support (rather than replace), judgment in such a manner that the strengths of both man and machine processes will be utilized to the fullest. Such systems create supportive tools under the control of users without automating the total decision process, predefining objectives, or imposing solutions. A DSS is designed to support semi-structured decision-making tasks, a class of problems for which no automatic algorithm exists; rather the solution procedure consists of evaluating alternatives to find a good solution as opposed to the optimum solution.