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What are decision support systems? Sifting data for better business decisions

CIO Business Intelligence

Decision support systems are generally recognized as one element of business intelligence systems, along with data warehousing and data mining. They emphasize access to and manipulation of large databases of structured data, often a time-series of internal company data and sometimes external data.

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Data science vs data analytics: Unpacking the differences

IBM Big Data Hub

Though you may encounter the terms “data science” and “data analytics” being used interchangeably in conversations or online, they refer to two distinctly different concepts. Meanwhile, data analytics is the act of examining datasets to extract value and find answers to specific questions.