Decisions to go an intelligent mobile decision support system /

by 1980- Fischer, Hendrik

Decisions To Go is an intelligent mobile decision support system that facilitates the task of product research for consumers on the go. This paper describes the development of software that can be used on a PDA or a regular cell phone, and which enables the customer to access valuable information about a product when needed most – while being in a retail environment struggling with information overload. Providing the “right” information turns out to be a difficult problem. The expert system not only has to be able to identify appropriate recommendations and advice for each individual user, it is also used to reason with the huge amount of data found on the Internet, and in doing so must be able to retrieve specifically the information that is considered important to the customer in supporting the decision making process. Index words: Decision Support Systems, Expert Systems, Knowledge Management, Mobile Applications, Intelligent Information System, Information Retrieval, JESS Decisions To Go: An Intelligent Mobile Decision Support System by Hendrik Fischer Vordiplom, Universität Koblenz, Germany, 2003 A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of The University of Georgia in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science Athens, Georgia 2005 c? 2005 Hendrik Fischer All Rights Reserved Decisions To Go: An Intelligent Mobile Decision Support System by Hendrik Fischer Approved: Major Professor: Walter D. Potter Committee: Jay E. Aronson Scott A. Shamp Electronic Version Approved: Maureen Grasso Dean of the Graduate School The University of Georgia August 2005