CONFIGURING REFERENCE MODELS - An Integrated Approach for Transaction Processing and Decision Support

It is possible to produce different database designs based on the same set of requirements to a database. In this paper, we present a decision support method for comparing different database designs and for selecting one of them as the best design. Each data model is an abstract language that can be used to create many different databases. The proposed method is flexible in the sense that it can be used in case of different data models, criteria, and designs. The method is based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process and uses pairwise comparisons. We also present a case study about comparing four designs of SQL databases in case of PostgreSQL? database management system. The results depend on the context where the designs will be used. Hence, we evaluate the designs in case of two different contexts - management of measurements data and an online transaction processing system.

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An Integrated Approach to Promote Precision Farming as a Measure Toward Reduced-Input Agriculture in Northern Greece Using a Spatial Decision Support System

Comprehensive Geographic Information Systems ◽

10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.10470-1 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 315-352

Author(s):

Thomas K. Alexandridis ◽

Agamemnon Andrianopoulos ◽

George Galanis ◽

Eleni Kalopesa ◽

Agathoklis Dimitrakos ◽

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Keyword(s):

Decision Support ◽

Decision Support System ◽

Support System ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

Precision Farming ◽

Spatial Decision Support System ◽

Spatial Decision Support ◽

Northern Greece

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Decision Support by Multicriteria Optimization in Process Development: An Integrated Approach for Robust Planning and Design of Plant Experiments

12th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering and 25th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering - Computer Aided Chemical Engineering ◽

10.1016/b978-0-444-63576-1.50038-8 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 2063-2068 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Michael Bortz ◽

Volker Maag ◽

Jan Schwientek ◽

Regina Benfer ◽

Roger Böttcher ◽

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Keyword(s):

Decision Support ◽

Multicriteria Optimization ◽

Process Development ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

Planning And Design ◽

Robust Planning

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A New Fuzzy Rule Interpolation Approach to Terrorism Risk Assessment

Violent Extremism ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7119-3.ch019 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 351-372

Author(s):

Shangzhu Jin ◽

Jike Ge ◽

Jun Peng

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Experimental Investigation ◽

Decision Support ◽

International Security ◽

Fuzzy Rule ◽

Fuzzy Reasoning ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

Terrorist Attacks ◽

Terrorism Risk ◽

Assessment Systems

Terrorist attacks launched by extremist groups or individuals have caused catastrophic consequences worldwide. Terrorism risk assessment therefore plays a crucial role in national and international security. Fuzzy reasoning based terrorism risk assessment systems offer a significant potential of providing decision support in combating terrorism, where highly complex situations may be involved. Nevertheless, little has been done in developing and applying an integrated hierarchical bidirectional (forward/backward) fuzzy rule interpolation mechanism that is tailored to suit decision support for terrorism risk assessment. This paper presents such an integrated approach that is capable of dealing with dynamic and insufficient information in the risk assessing process. In particular, the hierarchical system implementing the proposed techniques can predict the likelihood of terrorism attacks on different segments of focused attention. The results of an experimental investigation of this implemented system are represented, demonstrating the potential and efficacy of the proposed approach.

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The Information Quality of Databases

Encyclopedia of Database Technologies and Applications ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-560-3.ch048 ◽

2005 ◽

pp. 281-285 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

InduShobha Chengalur-Smith ◽

M. Pamela Neely ◽

Thomas Tribunella

Keyword(s):

Decision Support ◽

Strategic Planning ◽

Decision Support Systems ◽

Information Quality ◽

Support Systems ◽

Transaction Processing ◽

Quality Of Information ◽

Transaction Processing Systems

A database is only as good as the data in it. Transaction-processing systems and decision-support systems provide data for strategic planning and operations. Thus, it is important to not only recognize the quality of information in databases, but also to deal with it. Research in information quality has addressed the issues of defining, measuring and improving quality in databases; commercial tools have been created to automate the process of cleaning and correcting data; and new laws have been created that deal with the fallout of poor information quality. These issues will be discussed in the next sections.

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Framework for Operational Reliability Program Development, Implementation, and Management

2003 International Joint Power Generation Conference ◽

10.1115/ijpgc2003-40053 ◽

2003 ◽

Author(s):

E. Ricky Odoom

Keyword(s):

Decision Support ◽

Power Plant ◽

Decision Support System ◽

Program Development ◽

Support System ◽

Implementation Strategies ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

Operational Reliability ◽

Operating Reliability ◽

Process Plants

A methodology is proposed in this paper for the development, implementation, and management of Operational Reliability program suitable for power plant as well as other process plants. The methodology is a comprehensive integrated approach combining safety aspects and the operating reliability of plant’s systems. The framework for the methodology is divided into seven modules. Implementation strategies for the Operational Reliability program are discussed followed by a proposed Decision Support System for managing the program.

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