The Intellectual Structure of Decision Support Systems Research (1991–2004)

Abstract

Decision Support was one of the original focus areas of the Desalination Act of 1996. Several reports providing information and tools to support advanced water treatment decisions have been published. Broad areas of work are: Technology Assessment– descriptions of advanced water treatment technology, how, where, when it can be used to what benefit Facility surveys – Advanced water treatment facility surveys Economics – Cost estimation tools, cost surveys, and energy analysis