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Cognition-Driven Decision Support for Business Intelligence

Models, Techniques, Systems and Applications

  • Present theoretical models and practical techniques, systems and applications of cognition-driven Decision Support Systems
  • First book to systematically present the theories and technologies of cognitive decision support for Business Intelligence

Part of the book series: Studies in Computational Intelligence (SCI, volume 238)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

  2. Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Decision Making and Decision Support Systems

      • Li Niu, Jie Lu, Guangquan Zhang
      Pages 3-18
    3. Business Intelligence

      • Li Niu, Jie Lu, Guangquan Zhang
      Pages 19-29
    4. Managerial Cognition

      • Li Niu, Jie Lu, Guangquan Zhang
      Pages 31-37
    5. Cognition in Business Decision Support Systems

      • Li Niu, Jie Lu, Guangquan Zhang
      Pages 39-50
  3. Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
    2. Cognition-Driven Decision Processes

      • Li Niu, Jie Lu, Guangquan Zhang
      Pages 53-73
  4. Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
    2. Domain Knowledge Representation and Processing

      • Li Niu, Jie Lu, Guangquan Zhang
      Pages 77-96
    3. Natural Language Processing for Situation Awareness

      • Li Niu, Jie Lu, Guangquan Zhang
      Pages 97-118
    4. Data Warehouse Query Construction and Situation Presentation

      • Li Niu, Jie Lu, Guangquan Zhang
      Pages 119-139
  5. Systems and Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
    2. A Cognition-Driven Decision Support System: FACETS

      • Li Niu, Jie Lu, Guangquan Zhang
      Pages 143-156
    3. Evaluation of Algorithms and FACETS

      • Li Niu, Jie Lu, Guangquan Zhang
      Pages 157-177
    4. Application Cases of FACETS

      • Li Niu, Jie Lu, Guangquan Zhang
      Pages 179-214
  6. Back Matter

About this book

Cognition-driven decision support system (DSS) has been recognized as a paradigm in the research and development of business intelligence (BI). Cognitive decision support aims to help managers in their decision making from human cognitive aspects, such as thinking, sensing, understanding and predicting, and fully reuse their experience. Among these cognitive aspects, decision makers’ situation awareness (SA) and mental models are considered to be two important prerequisites for decision making, particularly in ill-structured and dynamic decision situations with uncertainties, time pressure and high personal stake. In today’s business domain, decision making is becoming increasingly complex. To make a successful decision, managers’ SA about their business environments becomes a critical factor.

This book presents theoretical models as well practical techniques of cognitiondriven DSS. It first introduces some important concepts of cognition orientation in decision making process and some techniques in related research areas including DSS, data warehouse and BI, offering readers a preliminary for moving forward in this book. It then proposes a cognition-driven decision process (CDDP) model which incorporates SA and experience (mental models) as its central components. The goal of the CDDP model is to facilitate cognitive decision support to managers on the basis of BI systems. It also presents relevant techniques developed to support the implementation of the CDDP model in a BI environment. Key issues addressed of a typical business decision cycle in the CDDP model include: natural language interface for a manager’s SA input, extraction of SA semantics, construction of data warehouse queries based on the manger’s SA and experience, situation information retrieval from data warehouse, how the manager perceives situation information and update SA, how the manager’s SA leads to a final decision. Finally, a cognition-driven DSS, FACETS, and twoillustrative applications of this system are discussed.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Fac. Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Broadway, Australia

    Li Niu, Jie Lu, Guangquan Zhang

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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