Progress in Web-based decision support technologies

• DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2005.07.002
• Publication Date: 2005-08-09T11:30:18Z
• Authors: Hemant K. Bhargava; Daniel J. Power; Daewon Sun
• Keywords: Implementation; Web engineering

World Wide Web technologies have transformed the design, development, implementation and deployment of decision support systems. This article reviews and summarizes recent technology developments, current usage of Web-based DSS, and trends in the deployment of such systems. Many firms use the Web as a medium to convey information about DSS products or to distribute DSS software. The use of Web-based computation to provide product demonstrations or to deploy DSS applications for remote access remains less common. The academic literature on Web-based DSS is largely focused on applications and implementations, and only a few articles examine architectural issues or provide design guidelines based on empirical evidence.