Which type or types of computer-aided decision support software would you use for each of the situations in the following tasks? Note why you think each of your choices is appropriate. The decision support alternatives are:

• Decision support system
• Expert system
• Neural network
• Genetic algorithm

Problem	Type of Decision Support
You and another marketing executive on a different continent want to develop a new pricing structure for products
You want to predict when customers are about to take their business elsewhere
You want to determine the fastest route for package delivery to 23 different addresses in a city
You want to decide where to spend advertising dollars (TV, radio, newspaper, direct mail, e-mail)