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A(n) _____ decision is one for which there may be several “right” answers
and there is no precise way to get a right answer.
A(n) _____ decision is one that happens repeatedly, and often periodically,
whether weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly.
A(n) _____ decision is one that you make infrequently (perhaps only once)
and you may even have different criteria for determining the best solution
each time.
A(n) _____ is a highly flexible and interactive IT system that is designed to
support decision making when the problem is not structured.
The _____ is the part of the system you see; through it you enter
information, commands, and models.
The _____ component performs the function of storing and maintaining
information that you want your DSS to use.
A(n) _____ is a decision support system designed specifically to analyze
spatial information.
_____ information is any information that can be shown in map form.
_____ help gather, store, and organize a wealth of information from which
business intelligence can be derived.
_____ help you apply various mathematical models to information to
discover new information.
_____ is the most basic, yet often the most powerful, form of data mining.
A(n) _____ is a specific measurable value based on an attribute of the entity
under consideration.
_____ is a process of using statistical, artificial intelligence, and linguistic
techniques to convert information content in surveys, e-mails, blogs, and
social media into structured information.
_____ is the study of word frequency distributions.
_____ refers to discerning subjective business intelligence such as mood,
opinion, and emotion.
_____ is the science of making machines imitate human thinking and
behavior.
A(n) _____ is an artificial intelligence system that applies reasoning
capabilities to reach a conclusion.
A(n) _____ is an artificial intelligence system that is capable of finding and
differentiating patterns.
_____ is a mathematical method of handling imprecise or subjective
information.
A(n) _____ is an artificial intelligence system that mimics the evolutionary,
survival-of-the-fittest process to generate increasingly better solutions to a
problem.
A(n) ____, is a small piece of software that acts on your behalf (on behalf of
another piece of software) performing tasks assigned to it.
A(n) _____ is a software agent that can adapt and alter the manner in which
it attempts to achieve its assigned task.
A(n) _____ is a software agent that works on multiple distinct computer
systems.
A(n) _____ is a software agent that incorporates artificial intelligence
capabilities such as learning and reasoning.
A(n) _____ is a group of intelligent agents that have the ability to work
independently but must also work with each other in order to achieve their
assigned task.
_____ are intelligent agents that constantly observe and report on some
entity of interest, a network, or manufacturing equipment.
A(n) _____ agent operates in a data warehouse discovering information.
_____ is the concept of learning from ecosystems and adapting their
characteristics to human and organizational situations.
_____ is the collective behavior of groups of simple agents that are capable
of devising solutions to problems as they arise, eventually leading to
coherent global patterns.