Decision Support Systems: Past, Present and Prospects

ABSTRACT The opening address from the IFORS SPC 1 conference on Decision Support Systems (DSS) attempts to provide a perspective on the DSS movement, and reviews the current state of DSS development through an analysis of the abstracts submitted for presentation at the conference. The presentation concludes with a number of challenges where progress is required if the DSS movement is to continue to prosper to the point where it will have a real and significant impact on the practice of management.