Mohammad noori - PhD Student of Hydraulics and Water resources, Department of Engineering
Mohammad Bagher Sharifi - Associate professor, Department of Engineering, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran

An important point in relation to Decision support system (DSS) is that the decision maker is responsible for the decision and the DSS is a tool to provide a larger window of opportunity. DSS’ are models thatuse flexible data as inputs, and give alternative solutions as outputs. Their primary objective is to assistspecific decision makers, individually or as groups. This allows custom design of the system, in which the decision maker can develop the DSS interactively, thus providing the opportunity to adapt the analytical models used in the decision-making process. This article presents results of a study about the application of Decision support system in water resources management with some example programs in application of Decision Support Systems for river basin simulation.. The results reveal that DSS is one of the most effective tools or models for optimized operation of water resources systems.

Decision support systems, water resources, river basin simulation, stakeholder