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2009 Course Handbook

MIST812: Decision Support Systems

Decision support systems provide information to support semi-structured and unstructured decisions in modern organisations. The decision support systems studied in this unit are computer based and provide for user manipulation of source data extracted from databases both internal and external to the organisation. Students will study decision support systems involving: data warehousing and data marts, online analytic processing, data mining (using SPSS Clementine), and geographic information systems. The unit will be taught using modern software.

Credit Points:4
Contact Hours:--
When Offered: D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year
Staff Contact: Dr Ayse Bilgin
Prerequisites:

Corequisites:

NCCWs:

STAT820 and STAT828

Unit Designations: --
Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Faculty of Business and Economics

Timetable Information

For unit timetable information please visit the Timetables@Macquarie Website.

Recent Updates

17 Oct 2008 - EDUC80P

Program title amended