Decision Support Systems Decision-support systems are used to make business decisions, often based on data collected by on-line transaction-processing systems. Examples of business decisions: What items to stock? What insurance premium to change? To whom to send advertisements? Examples of data used for making decisions Retail sales transaction details Customer profiles (income,age,gender,etc.) Database System Concepts-6th Edition 20.3 @Silberschatz,Korth and SudarshanDatabase System Concepts - 6 20.3 ©Silberschatz, Korth and Sudarshan th Edition Decision Support Systems Decision-support systems are used to make business decisions, often based on data collected by on-line transaction-processing systems. Examples of business decisions: What items to stock? What insurance premium to change? To whom to send advertisements? Examples of data used for making decisions Retail sales transaction details Customer profiles (income, age, gender, etc.)