Excerpt from Design and Implementation of Decision Support Systems in the Public Sector Experience in dss design has also indicated the importance of flexibility, ease of use (at least by an intermediary), and adaptability. Design methodologies such as middle - out (ness, 1975) or prototyping (keen and Gambino, 1981) are explicitly directed towards achieving these characteristics. These design approaches assume there will be significant user and analyst learning both in terms of the technology as well as with regard to the decision process. This learning is enhanced (perhaps even made possible) by developing an initial system with the characteristics described above. As both the user and analyst move along a learning curve, the system is adapted to support their evolving information and learning needs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.