tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45618212548305755722011-10-03T07:20:00.469-07:00An invitation to participate in a discussion about Decision Support Systems.Jerry Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04803798938001480354noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561821254830575572.post-54072924070049031992008-04-11T09:02:00.000-07:002008-04-17T13:23:49.586-07:00The <a href="http://www.plannerslab.com/">Planners Lab</a> blog is a place for you to share your ideas regarding <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Decision-Support-Business-Intelligence-Systems/dp/0131986600/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1207923272&amp;sr=8-2">Decision Support Systems</a> – ideas about research, teaching, applications, innovations, emerging technologies, problems, war stories, and other fun DSS stuff. This blog is for people genuinely interested in using technologies to <a href="http://www.peterkeen.com/forthcoming/rehearse_future.htm">rehearse the future</a> (Peter Keen's term). The blog is located at www.plannerslab.blogspot.com. You may also access the blog from www.plannerslab.com or www.plannerslab.com/blog. Here are some ideas of what to look forward to from your contributions:<br /><ul style=""><li style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">Graduate students identify thesis topics.<br /></li><br /><li style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">Researchers with common interests are able to connect, collaborate and pursue funding together.<br /></li><br /><li style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">Identification of problems that need addressing.<br /></li><br /><li style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">Teachers find ideas for teaching.<br /></li><br /><li style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">Readers and contributors get a feel for what's hot in the field at a point in time.<br /></li><br /><li style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">Community or special interest group(s) are formed.<br /></li><br /><li style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">Face-to-face events evolve.<br /></li><br /><li><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >New products develop and new features are incorporated into existing tools.</span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:black;">The above is clearly not a complete list.<span style=""> </span>There will be great ideas emerge that I can’t imagine at this time. <span style=""> </span>It will be fun to learn what you are thinking. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:black;">Just in case you don’t already know, </span><a href="http://www.b-eye-network.com/blogs/power/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dan Power also has a blog</span></a><span style="color:black;">.<span style=""> </span>You no doubt already know about his </span><span style="color:red;"><a href="http://www.dssresources.com/">www.dssresources.com</a></span><span style="color:black;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:black;">OK lets do it!<span style=""> </span>Who will be the first? <span style=""> </span>This blog is not a “diary”.<span style=""> </span>It is a place for everyone to contribute.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:black;">[<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Note</span>: Of course I am interested in the use of </span><a href="http://www.plannerslab.com/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Planners Lab</span></a><span style="color:black;"> for research, teaching, and decision making applications.<span style=""> </span>However this is not the place to promote the software or to offer suggestions for its improvement – for those kind of inputs please email them to me at <a href="mailto:grwagner@unomaha.edu">grwagner@unomaha.edu</a>.]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4561821254830575572-5407292407004903199?l=plannerslab.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jerry Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04803798938001480354noreply@blogger.com47