A Long Term Initiative in the Development of I.T. Tools for Decision Support

摘要

IT tools for decision support are often the key differentiating factors in highly integrated management systems today. However, the deployment of such tools has been hampered by the high costs of skilled analysts and the technology diffusion gaps between research institutions and the IT industry. We present a comprehensive architecture that is used as a basis for a long term R&D programme on decisions support tools. We also describe the development and diffusion strategies applied to these tools.