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C. W. Holsapple, A. B. Whinston, Decision Support Systems: A Knowledge Based Approach, WEST, ۱۹۹۶.

A. J. Gonzalez and D. D. Dankel, The Engineering of Knowledge-Based System Theory and Practice, Prentice-Hall, ۱۹۹۳.
P. Jackson, Introduction to Expert Systems, ۲nd ed., Addison-Wesley, ۱۹۹۰.
R. Coyne, M. A. Rosenman, A. D. Radford, and M. Blachandran, Knowledge-Based Design Systems, Addison-Wesley, ۱۹۹۰.
E. Turban, Expert Systems and Applied Artificial Intelligence, Mac Millan, ۱۹۹۲.
D. W. Patterson, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems, Prentice-Hall, ۱۹۹۰.
A. A. Hopgood, Knowledge-Based Systems for Engineers and Scientists, CRC Press, ۱۹۹۲.
C. L. Dym, R. E. Levitt, Knowledge-Based Systems in Engineering, Mc Graw-Hill, ۱۹۹۱.
C. T. Leondes, Knowledge-Based Systems Techniques and Applications, ۱st ed., Academic Press, ۲۰۰۰.
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Efrem G. Mallach, DECISION SUPPORT AND DATA WAREHOUSE SYSTEMS, McGraw-Hill, ۲۰۰۰.

Course Schedule and Materials:
Syllabus for Fall 1997 (in MS Word 7.0 format)
Project Groups (in MS Word 7.0 format)
Guidelines for DSS Project (in MS Word 7.0 format)
Literature Report Presentation Date (in Excel format)
(August 28) Lecture Note #1 (in Power Point format)
(August 28) Lecture Note #1 (in RTF format)
(September 4) Lecture Note #2 (in Power Point format)
(September 4) Lecture Note #2 (in RTF format)
(September 9) Lecture Note #3 (in Power Point format)
(September 9) Lecture Note #3 (in RTF format)
(September 11) Lecture Note #4 (in Power Point format)
(September 11) Lecture Note #4 (in RTF format)
(September 16) Lecture Note #5 (in Power Point format)
(September 16) Lecture Note #5 (in RTF format)
(September 25) Lecture Note #6 (in Power Point format)
(September 25) Lecture Note #6 (in RTF format)
(September 30) Lecture Note #7 (in Power Point format)
(September 30) Lecture Note #7 (in RTF format)
(October 2) Lecture Note #8 (in Power Point format)
(October 2) Lecture Note #8 (in RTF format)
(October 7) Lecture Note #9 (in Power Point format)
(October 7) Lecture Note #9 (in RTF format)
(October 9) Lecture Note #10 (in Power Point format)
(October 9) Lecture Note #10 (in RTF format)
(October 23) Lecture Note #11 (in Power Point format)
(October 23) Lecture Note #11 (in RTF format)
(October 28) Class Canceled -- "October Snowstorm"
(October 30) VP-Expert Lab -- Please meet in CBA 14
Examples of VP-Expert Programs
Program 1
Program 2
Program 3
Program 4
(November 4) VP-Expert Lab -- Please meet in CBA 14
VP-Expert Notes
(November 6) Lecture Note #12 (in Power Point format)
(November 6) Lecture Note #12 (in RTF format)
(November 11) Lecture Note #13 (in Power Point format)
(November 11) Lecture Note #13 (in RTF format)
(November 13) Lecture Note #14 (in Power Point format)
(November 13) Lecture Note #14 (in RTF format)
(November 18) Lecture Note #15 (in Power Point format)
(November 18) Lecture Note #15 (in RTF format)