"A group decision support system idea consolidation tool" by Chittibabu Govindarajulu, Milan Aiken et al.

Journal of International Information Management

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A group decision support system idea consolidation tool

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Chittibabu Govindarajulu, University of Texas-Pan America
Milan Aiken, University of Mississippi
Weigi Li, University of Mississippi

Abstract

Manual consolidation of ideas generated in a Group Decision Support System meeting can be a lengthy, inaccurate, and dissatisfying process. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate how an automatic idea consolidation program can reduce the time needed by group members to aggregate comments, inaccuracies of these comment groupings, and dissatisfaction with the comment consolidation process. A case study comparing the program's results with those of two human subjects shows a time savings of 98.8%. Although the computer's comment groupings were not identical with those of the subjects, they were logically consistent.

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Govindarajulu, Chittibabu; Aiken, Milan; and Li, Weigi (1998) "A group decision support system idea consolidation tool," Journal of International Information Management: Vol. 7: Iss. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/jiim/vol7/iss1/6

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