DESIGNING LAYERED FUNCTIONALITY WITHIN-GROUP DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEMS

作者：VICKERS B

来源：Decision Support Systems, 1994, 11(1): 83-99.

DOI：10.1016/0167-9236(94)90068-X

• LAYERED FUNCTIONALITY
• GROUP DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS (GDSS)
• INTERFACE
• FUNCTIONAL COMPLEXITY
• USAGE SOPHISTICATION
• TASK REQUIREMENTS
• END-USERS

There appears to be no research available on providing end-users of Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS), with the flexibility to choose from a combination of interface types and levels of functional complexity, that best supports their task requirements, current skill level, and skill acquisition needs. The combination of interface type and level of functional complexity, is defined as ''layered functionality''. Prominent researchers in Decision Support Systems (DSS), provide an insightful glimpse at the concept of layered functionality, by briefly examining the concept of a layered command language. This paper builds on this previous research and considers the merits of four potentially useful layers of functionality, using a prototype GDSS named DELAWARE.

• 出版日期1994-1