Editing Decision support system (section)

== Components ==
[[File:Drought Mitigation Decision Support System.png|thumb|360px|Design of a [[drought]] mitigation decision support system]]
Three fundamental components of a DSS [[Systems architecture|architecture]] are:<ref name="Haettenschwiler 1999">Haettenschwiler, P. (1999). [https://books.google.com/books?id=z0rearfm1oAC&dq=%22Neues+anwenderfreundliches+Konzept+der+Entscheidungsunterst%C3%BCtzung%22&pg=PA189 Neues anwenderfreundliches Konzept der Entscheidungsunterstützung]. Gutes Entscheiden in Wirtschaft, Politik und Gesellschaft. Zurich, vdf Hochschulverlag AG: 189-208.</ref><ref name="Power 2002">Power, D. J. (2002). [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NA6QMcte3cC&dq=%22Decision+support+systems%3A+concepts+and+resources+for+managers%22&pg=PR9 Decision support systems: concepts and resources for managers]. Westport, Conn., Quorum Books.</ref><ref name="Sprague and Carlson 1982">Sprague, R. H. and E. D. Carlson (1982). Building effective decision support systems. Englewood Cㄴliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall. {{ISBN|0-13-086215-0}}</ref><ref>Haag, Cummings, ㅊㄴㅋMcCubbrey, Pinsonneault, Donovan (2000). Management Informatㅍㅈion Systems: For The Information Age. McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited: 136-140. {{ISBN|0-07-281947-2}}</ref><ref name="Marakas, G. M. 1999">Marakas, G. M. (1999). Decision support systems in the twenty-first century. Upper Saddle River, N.J., Prentice Hall.</ref>
# the [[database]] (or [[knowledge base]]),
# the [[model]] (i.e., the decision context and user criteria)
# the [[user interface]].

The [[end user|users]] themselves are also important components of the architecture.<ref name="Haettenschwiler 1999" /><ref name="Marakas, G. M. 1999" />