Decision support systems; management support systems: an overview; decision making, systems, modeling, and support; data management; modeling and model management; user interface; constructing a decision support system; organizational DSS and advanced topics; enterprise support systems; Group decision support systems; executive information and support systems; fundamentals of artificial intelligence and expert systems; applied artificial intelligence: an overview; fundamentals of expert systems; knowledge acquisition and validation; knowledge representation; inferences, explanations, and uncertainty; building expert systems: process and tools; cutting edge decision support technologies; neural computing: the basics; neural computing applications, genetic algorithms, and fuzzy logic; integrating and implementation; integrating decision support technologies; Implementing management support systems; organizational and societal impacts of management support systems; appendix and student project.