decision support system

British  

noun

1. a system in which one or more computers and computer programs assist in decision-making by providing information

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Example Sentences

The aviation, energy and private weather forecasting industries all rely on data and tools developed by the center, including a technology product known as BoltAlert, which is used to predict lightning strikes and the Maintenance Decision Support System, which alerts snowplow and truck fleets about road conditions.

From Los Angeles Times

"Ambulance personnel are constantly faced with difficult and quick decisions. Our hope is that a more objective decision support system will be able to function as an 'extra colleague' that makes staff see more complex connections and think twice in cases where injuries can be difficult to perceive or assess," says Anna Bakidou.

From Science Daily

There’s a lot of regulatory issues to be sorted out still, but I think that having AI help in health care will be very valuable as a decision support system to help doctors read X-rays.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yosemite Chief of Fire Management Kelly Martin takes a notebook along on any fire she goes to, working in a virtual command app known as Wildland Fire Decision Support System linked to satellite data on fire spread and intensity, weather forecasts, maps of previous fires and vegetation types, organization charts and contacts, and real-time reports by line officers.

From Time

A “decision support” system that creates a set of standards for doctors to follow, pioneered at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, reduced the rate of inappropriate imaging tests from 6 percent in 2006 to 1.5 percent in 2014, said James Brink, the hospital’s radiologist-in-chief.

From Washington Post