The Development of Decision Support Systems Research: A Bibliometrical Approach

The work offers an intellectual history of Decision Support Systems, examining major themes and trends in the field over the past three and a half decades. This work should appeal to scholars interested in information systems technology and DSS. This book represents an effort to document the intellectual history of Decision Support Systems in terms of contributions made through the combined efforts of many in the management information systems, decision support systems, and many other reference disciplines including management science, psychology, cognitive science, systems science, computer science, communication science, organization science, etc. This book makes a significant contribution to the literature in this field by providing an intellectual history of DSS, examining the intellectual structure, major themes, and reference disciplines of DSS, and investigating the intellectual relationships between the DSS area and other reference disciplines to give a broad picture of DSS fields over the last three and a half decades.