A comparison of four recent GDSS experiments

Abstract

The author briefly discusses how GDSS (group decision support systems) have been dealt with in some of the literature to date, arguing that GDSSs are sometimes considered as a single class of systems. He compares four recent GDSS experiments, each conducted at a different university using a different system, to illustrate the differences that exist between design philosophies. The results suggested that GDSSs should not be thought of as a single class of systems. The comparison also illustrates that GDSS researchers are often not investigating the same problem, even though their research is nominally about GDSS, so that they should use caution when they make generalizations about their findings.<>