Environmental Decision Support Systems - Truth or Dare!

Decision Support Systems (DSS) are (computer-based) systems that  facilitate the use of data, models, and structures the decision  processes in decision making. The optimal DSS should attempt to  integrate, analyze, and present environmental information to remediation  project managers in order to select cost-effective cleanup strategies.  The optimal system should have a balance between the sophistication  needed to address the wide range of site conditions, and ease of use,  e.g., the system should not require data that is typically unknown and  should have robust error checking (QA/QC) of problem definition through  input, etcetera. Care must be taken by the analyst to match the  capabilities of the DSS with the problem requiring a decision.   
 
The objective of this workshop is to present several Environmental DSS in terms of their capabilities and limitations and to  discuss the acceptance of this DSS in our daily decision making  processes.