Online decision support and transactional system: A study of web-based technologies

Abstract

Web Services has provided the opportunity for organizations to have a platform independent, Decision Support System (DSS) that is always available anywhere at anytime. Although this kind of usage of DSS is relatively new, but it is shown that it would be a valuable technology for e- business. In this paper, we conducted a comprehensive Web Services technology review from business application perspectives and proposed a tentative framework for integrating Web Services with traditional DSS in order to offer online DSS services. Some of the limitations of Web Services particularly in handling transactional tasks have also been addressed.