67.
You can incorporate your own insights and experience into your DSS.
68.
A geographic information system (GIS) is an expert system designed
specifically to analyze spatial information.
69.
Query-and-reporting tools are the heart of every organization and any
analytics initiative.
70.
MDA tools are slice-and-dice techniques that allow you to view
multidimensional information from different perspectives.
71.
Predictive analytics and text analytics have broad application to all
industries.
72.
Clustering is the most basic, yet the most powerful, form of data mining.
73.
Regression is solely executed using regression analysis.
74.
If you build a predictive analytics model for a prediction goal that is in some
way wrong, your subsequent activities will be erroneous as well.
75.
Text analytics works primarily with nonstructured elements.
76.
While text analytics relies mainly on statistical models, predictive analytics
makes use of statistical models and also linguistic models to build
predictive models.
77.
Disambiguation is the process of determining differing noun phrases that
refer to the same object.
78.
SEO improves the visibility of a Web site through the use of tags and key
terms found by search engines.
79.
Mobile analytics is the analysis of data related to the use of mobile devices
by customers and employees.
80.
AI systems can be independent, stand-alone decision-making systems, or
they can be embedded into a larger analytics system, carrying out and
executing specific functions.
81.
Diagnostic problems correspond to the choice phase of decision making.
82.
A neural network simulates the human ability to classify things without
taking prescribed steps leading to the solution.
83.
The basic approach of fuzzy logic is to assign values between 1 and 2 to
vague or ambiguous information.
84.
The lower the value assigned through fuzzy logic, the closer it is to 1.
85.
A genetic algorithm finds the combination of inputs that gives the best
outputs.
86.
A multi-agent system is a software agent that works on multiple distinct
computer systems.
87.
A data-mining agent can detect the presence of new information and alert
you.
88.
Swarm intelligence gives us a way to examine collective systems where
groups of individuals have certain goals, solve problems, and make
decisions without centralized control or a common plan.
89.
Swarm intelligence can be implemented for scheduling, resource allocation,
and routing.
Fill in the Blank Questions
90.
The _____ phase of decision making involves detecting and interpreting
signs that indicate a situation which needs one’s attention.
91.
The _____ phase of decision making involves considering possible ways of
solving a problem.
92.
The _____ phase of decision making involves examining and weighing the
merits of each solution.
93.
The _____ phase of decision making carries out the chosen solutions,
monitors the results, and makes adjustments as necessary.
94.
_____ is making a choice that meets your needs and is satisfactory without
necessarily being the best possible choice available.
95.
A(n) _____ decision involves processing a certain kind of information in a
specified way so that you will always get the right answer.