I hope to expand this page. Please suggest important links that should be added. Simple statistical and analytical tools provide the most elementary level of functionality. Some OLAP systems that allow complex analysis of data may be classified as hybrid DSS systems providing both modeling and data retrieval and data summarization functionality.
Users can analyse a time series of data.
Linear Programming - A mathematical model for optimal solution of resource allocation problems. Simulation - A technique for conducting one or more experiments that test various outcomes resulting from a quantitative model of a system. Good Informational Sites Scott Armstrong's Forecasting Principles site. Harvey Greenberg's Mathematical Programming glossary . COM has Java tutorials related to optimization.