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Concept and implementation of an integrated decision support system (IDSS) for capital‐intensive farming
Author(s) -
Wagner P.,
Kuhlmann F.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.29
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1574-0862
pISSN - 0169-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-0862.1991.tb00159.x
Subject(s) - principal (computer security) , decision support system , computer science , software , process (computing) , capital (architecture) , system integration , control (management) , knowledge management , management science , systems engineering , process management , operations research , artificial intelligence , business , economics , engineering , archaeology , history , programming language , operating system
During the evolutionary process of developing software for management tasks, the need for integration became more and more obvious. This paper discusses how integrated information processing can be accomplished to support the managerial functions. Based on the concepts of control theory principal schemes of comparison possibilities and deviation analysis are shown. The philosophy behind the design of an integrated decision support system (IDSS), the on‐farm implementation, and the integration problems of hardware and software are discussed. The applied IDSS consists of several planning and controlling models. These models and the linkages between them are described in detail.