Web enabled decision support system for accessing resources among social groups & networks: (with special reference to social capital)

Decision making involves processing or applying information and knowledge, and the appropriate information/knowledge mix depends on the characteristics of the decision making context. Information (or its absence) is central to decision making situations involving uncertainty and complexity, while knowledge (or its absence) is associated with problems of ambiguity and equivocality. Numerous scientific and academic institutions have turned to computerized decision support systems (DSS) as a means of packaging biological, agricultural, and technical information. It makes the information more easily accessible and useful for various beneficiaries in a rapidly transforming and competitive world. This paper proposes that computer-based decision support technologies are appropriate to supporting decision making in groups and networks. Our objective is optimizing social capital of rural people using DSS including the features they generally contain.