Before revision: Use of AI techniques in management information systems has a long history , indeed terms such as Knowledge-based systems (KBS) and intelligent systems have been used since the early 1980s to describe components of management systems, but the term "Intelligent decision support system" is thought to originate with Clyde Holsapple and Andrew WhinstonHolsapple C.: Framework for a generalized intelligent decision support system (1977) PhD Thesis Purdue UniversityHolsapple C. & Whinston A.: Business expert systems (1987) McGraw-Hill in the late 1970s.
After revision: Use of AI techniques in management information systems has a long history – indeed terms such as Knowledge-based systems (KBS) and "intelligent systems""" have been used since the early 1980s to describe components of management systems, but the term "Intelligent decision support system" is thought to originate with Clyde Holsapple and Andrew WhinstonHolsapple C.: Framework for a generalized intelligent decision support system (1977) PhD Thesis Purdue UniversityHolsapple C. & Whinston A.: Business expert systems (1987) McGraw-Hill in the late 1970s.