Newsletter ewg dss nr.10 - year 2011

Nr. 10, Year 2011 EditorialEWG-DSS Newsletter by Pascale Zaraté, Fátima Dargam, Rita Ribeiro, Boris Delibašić, Jorge Hernández & Shaofeng Liu.Newsletter of the EURO Working (Current Members of the EURO Working Group on DSS Coordination Board)Group on Decision Support System Dear Euro Working Group Members! Dear Friends!In this issue The year of 2011 has been very positive and productive for our group. Since Editorial......................................1 January 2011, the EWG-DSS Coordination Board has doubled in number of members. Besides the old coordinators (P.Zaraté, F.Dargam and R.Ribeiro), now New Board Members .................2 we count with the assistance of three new Board Members, namely: Boris Delibašić; Jorge Hernández and Shaofeng Liu, to better administrate the EWG-DSS Channels................... 3 activities of the group, as well as to bring new ideas to it. The new members have already proved their value in their first official task within the Board. It was great to Interview.....................................3 count with their non-exhausting support in all the organizational stages of the EWG-DSS London-2011 Workshop on Decision System, which took place in EWG-DSS Awards ..................... 5 Birkbeck University of London last June. Great work! Their level of cooperation and support has been outstanding! Recent Publications................... 6 Also in 2011, the EWG-DSS has managed to organize two Workshops; to propose a COST Action on the theme “Decision in the Internet Age”, joining over EWG-DSS Projects..................... 8 20 members of the group within a very exciting proposal for a network of excellence in the area; to launch the initiative of the annual “EWG-DSS Award”; Call for Papers ......................... 10 and to write a proposal for a EU project, entitled “PIKES: Providing Integrated Knowledge Management and Decision Making Approaches for Resource Efficient EWG-DSS Meetings ................. 11 Process Simulation and Innovation”, together with 7 members of the group and related industrial partners, addressing the topic of the FP7 Call FoF.NMP.2012-6. Meetings in 2011 ...................... 11 As you can see, we kept ourselves busy! All those activities comply with one of the main aims of our group, which is to actively promote the interest on Decision Upcoming Events..................... 11 Systems in the scientific community by proposing research projects, organizing dedicated workshops, mini-conferences and conference streams, as well as Contacting the EWG-DSS ........ 12 editing special and contributed issues in relevant scientific journals. In this sense, the EWG-DSS Board is currently editing two Journal Special Issues (on IJDSST and IJIDS) and one LNBIP Series Springer Book, which are described in more details in this issue.Editorial Board This EWG-DSS Newsletter reports to you the details about all our 2011 activities, projects, publications, proposals and achievements. It also reports about both London and Paris Workshops, the latter is still to happen during the th st period of November 30 to December 1 , 2011. Another highlight of this edition isThe Newsletter of the EURO WG the worth reading interview with Prof. João Clímaco! Within the usual sections,on Decision Support Systems is this issue presents research projects being developed by members of the group;currently edited by: recent publications; call for papers and for conference participation as well asFátima Dargam, Pascale Zaraté, general information about the group members. We thank you all for yourRita Ribeiro, Boris Delibašić, Jorge contributions and hope you enjoy our EWG-DSS Nr.10 2011 Newsletter! Best wishes from the EWG-DSS Coordination Board!E. Hernández & Shaofeng Liu.Comments and announcements tonext issues of the EWG-DSSNewsletter should be sent to theemail address ewg-dss@fccdp.comwith the subject: “Newsletter”. Boris Delibašić, Shaofeng Liu, Rita Ribeiro, Pascale Zaraté, Fátima Dargam & Jorge Hernández. Photo: London, 2011 1

already conformed by a high- requirements for the benefit ofNew Board Members qualified staff who is very open to future service. In the organisation collaborate and support new ideas. of the EWG-DSS 2011 LondonBoris Delibašić Thereafter, by having this Workshop, the support I have prospect, the team makes me feel received from the EWG-DSS very comfortable and supported members and friends, including within their experience. I really those internationally famous expect to reach this high-qualified scholars, was tremendous, which I level to start to contribute side by highly appreciate. Among which I side within this excellent European have to take this opportunity to working group.” Jorge E. Hernández is express my special gratitude to Lecturer in Management at the University of Professor Philip Powell (the Liverpool Management School (UK). He holds Executive Dean and Professor of an Industrial Engineer degree from Universidad de La Frontera of Chile (2003) Management, School of Business,“Being invited to assist the EWG which was awarded by the Latin American Economics and Informatics, atDSS Board gave me the possibility Association of Industrial Engineering Birkbeck, University of London) forto work in a dynamic team, to help Students and related careers (2003). His PhD VIVA is due for presentation on December all the help I have received fromthe coordination of the EWG-DSS th 12 of 2012 at the Universidad Politécnica de him for the local organisation of thegroup, to know better the DSS Valencia (Spain). His research considers EWG-DSS London Workshop!community and to participate in the collaborative decision-making processes Working alongside our experiencedEWG-DSS activities (organization using conceptual modelling, simulation and multi-agent based approaches, as well as Board members, Pascale, Fatimaof workshops, co-edition of forecasting and optimization techniques. He and Rita, has been a delight. Ijournals and books, etc). So far, is involved in some international projects, have observed with my own eyesthis has been a huge and such as the FP7 REMPLANET European and known how hard they haveenlightening experience for me.” project, which is concerned with non- hierarchical supply chain networks; the C2I worked for the community withoutBoris Delibašić is an Assistant Professor at UK project, which deals with the generation of payments or complaints butthe University of Belgrade, Faculty of collaborative planning environment in supply sweats and long hours. They haveOrganizational Sciences. In 2007 he received chains; and the REVOLUTION Spanishhis PhD with the theme “Formalization of the set up excellent examples for me project, which is concerned with the transportdecision-making process with patterns”. His modelling and optimisation process at a to follow during my service to themain research interests are reusable Valencian automotive supply chain network. EWG-DSS. I have also learnt fromcomponent algorithm design, business The work of Mr. Hernández can be found in them first-hand aboutintelligence, data-warehouse development, several competitive international journals,and multi-attribute decision making. He is professionalism and work book chapters and conferences. He is also amember of the development team of the open- reviewer for international journals and efficiency, which I take as asource data mining platform conferences. priceless reward to my involvement(www.whibo.fon.bg.ac.rs) WhiBo. Dr. with the Coordination Board.Delibašić is also an adjunct lecturer at the Shaofeng LiuUniversity of Jena (Germany). He is also a Therefore, huge thanks to Pascale,Fulbright visiting scholarship holder for the Fatima and Rita! Finally, thanks toacademic year 2011/2012 at Temple all of the EWG-DSS members forUniversity, USA. He joined the Data Analysis putting up with me and lookand Biomedical Analytics Center at Templeon October 1st, forward to seeing you again soon2011(http://www.dabi.temple.edu), where his in Paris!”research objectives are to design spatio- Shaofeng Liu is an Associate Professortemporal algorithms for analysis of ski injuries (Reader in UK system) in Operationsand to discover ski injury patterns that could Management and Decision Making at thebe used for injury prevention. The algorithms School of Management in University ofdeveloped for ski injuries will be extended to Plymouth. She obtained a PhD in knowledgeanalyze large scale data on road traffic “It has been for me a great and information models for productionaccidents. management in the context of global experience as a new member manufacturing from Loughborough University,Jorge Hernández working on the EWG-DSS Co- UK. She has undertaken research for a ordination Board over the last year number of collaborative projects funded by or so. For me, it is a great honour EC and UK research councils. Some of the to be invited to join the Board. I recent projects included EU FP6 project “VIRTUE: The Virtual Tank Utility in Europe”, also take great pleasure in putting EU FP6 project “SAFDOR: Design, my service to such a wonderful Operation and Regulation for Safety”, and UK scientific community. Working on EPSRC and BAE Systems jointly funded the Board, I have had the privilege project “NECTISE: Network Enabled Capability Through Integrated Systems to get to know a wonderful Engineering”. Her currently research is mainly collection of academics, in the area of knowledge-based approaches practitioners and researchers in and tools for resource-efficient production the DSS area and beyond. management decisions, including project “Quality assurance for embedded knowledge Engaging with them not only opens systems in agile manufacturing environment”.“My opportunity to belong to the my eyes and minds, it also helps Dr. Liu has published over 50 refereed papersEWG-DSS Board can be seen as me understand better of the on high quality international journals anda huge privilege, since the team is community’s needs and conferences. 2

check the e-mail addresses of DSS since 1989 in Madeira.EWG-DSS Channels each member. To access the Clímaco took part in the EWG- Below you find a description server you need to be a registered DSS London-2011 Workshop onof all the available communication member of the group. Decision Systems and we had thechannels for you to get in touch chance to contact him for thiswith the EWG-DSS group and its  EWG-DSS – LinkedIn Group interview. Among various subjects,over 150 registered members. we talked about Clímaco’s LinkedIn Groups academic career as Professor of“Efficient communication helps you the Faculty of Economics in theto better cooperate, innovate, add http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gi Coimbra University and of theand multiply!” d=1961459&trk=anet_ug_grppro INESC Coimbra (Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas eEWG-DSS Mailing-List: The Linked-In EWG-DSS Group Computadores de Coimbra). The has currently 100 members. Thisewg-dss@irit.fr result of this pleasant meeting is group is also open to Linked-In reported to you here.This mailing-list is devoted to the users, who wish to interact with ourregistered EWG-DSS members to group without being a registered We congratulate Prof. Joãospread within the group EWG-DSS member. There you Clímaco for all his many importantinformation about research find briefings of the group’s career achievements and we alsoevents, projects, calls for activities, discussions, job thank him for giving us thepublications, etc. announcements, CfP, etc. If you opportunity of producing this th like networking, you should take exciting interview for the 10 advantage of this fantastic edition of the EWG-DSSEWG-DSS Web-Links: plataform! To read and interact Newsletter in 2011. with the Linked-In EWG-DSS EWG-DSS – Blog We hope you enjoy reading it! Group, you have to log in the Linked-In network. EWG-DSS: When and why was your interest on DSS born?  EWG-DSS – Slideshare Accounthttp://ewgdss.wordpress.com/ http://www.slideshare.net/ewgdss JC: In fact, in the late 70’s ofThe EWG-DSS blog is maintained the 20th Century I got a Master inby the Coordination Board. There This EWG-DSS account is Control Systems at the Imperialyou find up-to-date information open to any visitor of Slideshare. College of Science andabout the group’s activities, as There you find all the digital Technology, London. My thesisprojects, research collaborations, versions of previous Newsletters, was on a particular theoreticalworkshops and publications. as well as the online EWG-DSS subject related to duality in non- presentations. If you wish to share linear programming, and just by some of your research chance I was introduced at that EWG-DSS – EURO Homepage presentations with us, you are time to the new ideas of multi-http://www.euro- welcome to use this account. objective mathematicalonline.org/web/ewg/10/ewg-decision- programming, enabling a fruitfulsupport-systems Interview cross-fertilization of both areas. Later, working in my Ph.D. thesisThe EWG-DSS page at the EURO on Power Systems Expansionsite is the group’s official Planning, I developed ahomepage. There you find a multiobjective linear programmingsummary of the detailed model (MOLP), consideringinformation you find in the blog. It explicitly three criteria: cost,is worth visiting the EURO page reliability and environmentalalso to get to know what other impact. To solve the problem IEWGs are promoting and also implemented a new generatingabout the EURO K Conferences, algorithm proposed by MilanAwards, Summer Institutes and Zeleny in his Ph.D. thesis in theother OR related events and João Clímaco early 70’s. However, I was not verypublications. pleased with the results, because it “I am an engineer, an was heavy in computational terms operational researcher, who and the outcome was several EWG-DSS – IRIT Server discovered the potentialities of hundreds of vertices of the feasiblehttps://wwwsecu.irit.fr/listes/info/ewg-dss MCDA and DSS just by chance!” polyhedron (the so-called non- dominated vertices). Of course, it This year the coordinators ofThe EWG-DSS Server is hosted at was not very adequate to present the EWG-DSS had the pleasure toIRIT. It contains all the EWG-DSS the Decision Makers such a large interview our long-time colleague:shared files. Via the option number of alternatives, leaving for João Clímaco, who was also a“Review Members”, one is able to them the final choice… By that founding member of the EWG- 3

time I read some articles by R. In those early days the DSS have undergone greatAckoff emphasizing the architectures proposed by Tawfic development and, in many cases,weaknesses of Operations Jelassi and the new ideas of Albert they are models rooted inResearch in practice. Those Anghern were very inspiring to me. constructivism. Obviously, theyarticles drew my attention to the In the book Bridging the Socio- tackle questions that are veryimportance of building new Technical Gap in Decision Support relevant in many decisionflexible interactive approaches. Systems, IOS Press 2010 processes. In particular, we canThen, I started by the (Proceedings of DSS 2010, Lisboa not forget that negotiation isimplementation of the classical 7-10, July, 2010) you can see present in many real world cases,interactive MOLP approaches and applications and the references yet it was ignored by OR forin short we concluded that, at least concerning the original papers, decades. The use of multicriteriain some type of models as in our related to two DSS we have been models lets us avoid one of thePower System Planning Model, the developing. essential issues that have followeduse of approaches based on the us throughout, that issue being aassumption of convergence to EWG-DSS: The very fast priori aggregation of thesome best compromise solution development of communication preferences of decision agents in awas not very appealing… So, in and information technologies and single criterion, reducingthe late 80’s, we developed a the necessity of improving OR everything to just one measure,triobjective learning oriented tools were two key issues in the usually applied in monetary units.computational environment, development of DSS. Regarding Some multicriteria approacheslooking for a progressive and your own experience, how propose the combination ofselective learning of the potentially remarkable are the achievements algorithmic protocols with theinteresting non-dominated of the last 30 years? experience and intuition of thesolutions. The outcome was decision agents in the process ofTRIMAP, which is in fact a DSS JC: DSS roots are much preference aggregation. But, eventhat makes use of graphical and diversified. Clearly, they have if only formalized procedures arenumerical information, integrating been developed following several used to aggregate preferences,objective and subjective aspects streams of research. As I said these are generally interactive,involved in the selection of before, I am an engineer, an and need not be compensatory.satisfactory compromise solutions operational researcher, who Obviously, aggregation always(Clímaco and Antunes, in discovered the potentialities of implies loss of information, whichMathematical and Computer MCDA and DSS just by chance! means special care is needed.Modelling 1989). Summarizing, So, I see DSS from the point of New technologies allow verythis real life story is the origin of view of an MCDA convict flexible interactive DSS to bemy interest in DSS. researcher and supporter… I have constructed, which makes it easier not a complete transversal to put a constructivist view of knowledge on DSS. Made this operational research in practice. InContributing to this Newsletter declaration of interests, let me addition, these DSS can even be answer your question. used symbiotically with wider-Every member of the EWG-DSS is In the year 2000 I was chosen to ranging tools of a systemic nature,very welcome to contribute to thisNewsletter. make the inaugural lecture of the or with qualitative prospective academic year at the University of analysis. Crosier, in B. Roy (ed.),Subjects can be related to: Coimbra. The title of my talk was: La Décision – ses Disciplines et “A Critical Reflection on Optimal ses Acteurs (1983), recognizes Project Descriptions Decision” (a short version can be that OR is established as a Recent Publications found in EJOR 2004). In the last particular case of action part of that talk, in some sense I methodology, and we add that PhD Dissertations answered your question. In short I constructivist approach is blurring Book Presentations / Reviews said: “Conceptually, decision the borders between various levels aiding science, permits or even of this methodology. Although I am Research Group Presentations incorporates, both quantitative and optimistic about the future of DSS Research Views and qualitative models in assisting in practice, we must admit that Perspectives agents of decision, with large open DSSs, which can integrate spectrum of options, from the quantitative and qualitative Journal Announcements – CfP traditional models of Optimization, models, and perhaps the actors’ Forthcoming Events to Statistical Inference, to the experience and intuition about the techniques of Artificial Intelligence, decision process, have not yet General Announcements to Cognitive Maps, imported from been found to be very useful inContributions should be sent to the Psychology, and used with practical complex problems.email address ewg-dss@fccdp.com considerable success in thewith the subject: “Newsletter”. structuring of decision problems, EWG-DSS: We live nowadays a etc, etc…” In recent years, deep economical and social crisis. multicriteria models, group In your opinion, how can DSS help decision and negotiation models to overcome our current situation? 4

be adequate to measure capability contexts. I emphasize this newJC: Although I still make and suggests other direct and project because it tries toresearch on the development of indirect approaches without contribute modestly, with newnew multicriteria tools and their rejecting interpersonal information. proposals, to overcome badengineering applications, I have In conclusion, it is clear the practices supporting the presentnew research interests, which may importance of new concepts and decisions, which are - in ourhave been stimulated by my move new interactive tools in order to opinion - responsible for theto the Faculty of Economics of the help the decision makers to clarify deplorable situation of ourUniversity of Coimbra. I believe the consequences of feasible societies.that speaking a few words about choices of very complexthe most recent of those challenges in our society, many ofexperiences will justify what I think them related to the present crisis. EWG-DSS: João Clímaco: Thankabout your difficult question. I am Hence, it is unquestionable the you very much for thisspeaking about potential interest of need of trans-disciplinary research extraordinary opportunity. It’s beensome multicriteria analysis in this and other senses. The a remarkable experience for us toconcepts in order to try to increase question is: “Are political and other interview you ! the usefulness of the key societal decision makers“Measurement of Economic interested in this type of EWG-DSS AwardPerformance and Social Progress”. evolution?” Note that when aA Commission on this subject was problem becomes highlycreated in 2008 by Stiglitz, Sen controversial, when it isand Ftoussi (SSF) with the surrounded by uncertainties andpatronage of President Sarkozi. As conflicts of values, the The EWG-DSS has launchedit is written in the introduction of preconceived ideas of many this year a motivating researchtheir report: “The Commission’s decision makers are one of the initiative for young researchers ofaim has been to identify the limits pieces of a complicated jigsaw. an annual “EWG-DSS-Award“.of GDP as an indicator of For instance, in Pfeffer Harvard The annual “EWG-DSS-economic performance and social Business School Press (1992), the Award” will choose the best andprogress including the problems author observes that, in many of most innovative among submittedwith its measurement; to consider life’s circumstances, the experts and presented work by students orwhat additional information might perform the service of hired guns young researchers, in the EWG-be required for the production of for company directors or for DSS organized workshops andmore relevant indicators of social politicians, justifying preconceived conference streams of the sameprogress to assess the feasibility of decisions scientifically… year, to be rewarded with a modestalternative measurement tools and prize in money.discuss how to present the EWG-DSS: We can see howstatistical information in an enthusiastic you discourse about How to apply?appropriate way”. Of course, there your working area and your To apply for theare several propositions of new research interests. To conclude annual EWG-DSSindices in the literature and in the our interview, we would like to Award you onlyInternet. However the SSF report know about “What is next?” In need to participateis much more than a new proposal, other words: What are your plans in one of ourit is a space for open discussion on for the next years? Workshops orthe subject. It proposes to get Session Streamsadequate data enabling multi- JC: It is very difficult to speak organized eachmethodological enhancements in year and allow about the future. As a well knownthe definition of well-being, quality your work to be Portuguese football player once part of ourof life and sustainability in order to said: “Previsions, only after the selection!substitute the mono-rationality of match…”. What I can say is that IGDP by the multi-rationality of a plan to continue working at INESC-dashboard of indicators (including Coimbra, the research centre Ipossible aggregate measures For 2011, applicable work helped to create in mid eighties. I submitted to the EWG-DSSaccording to different intend to maintain at INESC someperspectives…). The importance London-2011 Workshop on collaborations with external Decision Systems in June 2011of new concepts is crucial. Among researchers in Portugal andthem I draw your attention to and to the EWG-DSS Stream on abroad, as well as to carry on with Collaborative Decision Making ofcapability (proposed by Sen). It is the supervision of PhD theses. Atintroduced as a “kind of freedom, the EWG-DSS / DASIG Paris- this moment I am starting a very 2011 Joint-Workshop in Novemberto achieve alternative functioning interesting collaboration with acombinations (or, less formally, put 2011 will be taken into Group of the Federal University of consideration for this award.the freedom to achieve various life Rio de Janeiro, involving decisionstyles)”. Note that Sen already aiding for sustainable development The “EWG-DSS-Award 2011″considers that total comparisons and new ways to deal with will be of € 300.00. For the nextgetting complete rankings can not performance measures in several years, the EWG-DSS hopes to 5

count with sponsorship from the devoted to the development ofindustrial sector to make the new approaches to decision-Award more financially appealing. making and decision support for negotiation, taking into account We hope you like and support collaborative networkingthis initiative by participating, environments and the Internetsponsoring it and/or disseminating technology. This Special Issue willthis information among your mainly select papers of the EWG-students, colleagues, research DSS London-2011 Workshop onpartners and collaborators. Decision Systems Guidelines an requisites for http://londonewgdss2011.wordpress.com/.the work selection, ranking andfinal choice for the “EWG-DSS Topics to be discussed inAward” will soon be published in this special issue include (but arethe EWG-DSS Blog. not limited to) the following: This journal promotes the use of mathematics in general,  Distributed support systems and operations research in  Collaborative decision makingRecent Publications particular, in the context of  Group support systems transportation and logistics. It is a  Knowledge and resource forum for the presentation of discovery and decision making original mathe-matical models,  Negotiation support systems methodologies and computational  Spatial-temporal decision results, focussing on advanced support systemsJournal Announcements: applications in transport-tation and  Web 2.0 systems for decision logistics. The journal publishes two support and globalizationEURO New Journals: types of document: (i) research context. articles and (ii) tutorials. A In 2011 the EURO research article presents original Guest Editors:Executive Committee has methodological contributions to the Fátima C.C. Dargamproposed to launch in field (e.g. new mathematical Boris Delibašićcollaboration with Springer three models, new algorithms, new Jorge E. Hernándeznew journals volume a year, simulation tech-niques). A tutorial Shaofeng Liunamely: provides an introduction to an EURO Journal on advanced topic, designed to ease This IJDSST Special Issue is still the use of the relevant in its reviewing process. If youTransportation and Logistics; methodology by researchers and wish to submit a full original paper EURO Journal on practitioners. to it, please contact the guestComputational Optimization; editors via the email: ewg- EURO Journal on Decision dss@fccdp.com.  IJDSST - Special Issue onProcesses. Networking Decision Making Each volume will consist of and Negotiation IJIDS - Special Issue on4 regular issues. For the EUROJournal on Transportation and Collaborative DecisionLogistics and the EURO Journal on Support SystemsComputational Optimization theaim is to publish the first issue in2012. For the EURO Journal onDecision Processes the first issuewill be published in 2013. The EURO Journal onTransportation and Logistics wasalready officially launched on July15, 2011 by EURO, theAssociation of EuropeanOperational Research SocietiesEURO Journal on The Special Issue onTransportation and Logistics “Networking Decision Making and Negotiation” of the IJDSST: International Journal of Decision This Special Issue on Support System Technology has “Collaborative Decision Support the objective of gathering papers Systems” of the IJIDS: 6

International Journal of Information http://londonewgdss2011.files.wordpre Nov. 30th- Dec. 1st, 2011. It aims atand Decision Sciences has the ss.com/2011/07/ewg-dss-london- collecting high quality papers,objective of gathering papers 2011-digital-proceedings-new.pdf . which cover academics,devoted to the following topics: practitioners and enterprises’ points of views, as well as real Distributed / Collaborative EWG-DSS / DASIG Paris-2011 problems and issues from the Decision Making Joint-Workshop - EWG-DSS implementation of collaborative Methods, Languages and Tools Stream on Collaborative perspectives in different kinds of to support Decision Making Decision Making – Book of environments. Hence, subjects as: Group support systems & Abstracts Distributed Group Support Negotiation support systems Systems, Collaborative Decision Knowledge Management & Making, Supply Chain Decision Support Systems Management, Information Business Intelligence and Data Technologies and Simulation to Warehousing support real collaborative Spatial-temporal Decision environments are particularly Support Systems welcome. In addition, real Web 2.0 systems for decision applications are highly expected. support Guest Editors: Jorge E. Hernández This Special Issue mainlyselects papers of the EWG-DSS Pascale ZaratéLondon-2011 Workshop on Fátima C.C. DargamDecision Systems: Boris Delibašić Shaofeng Liuhttp://londonewgdss2011.wordpress.com/. Rita RibeiroGuest Editors: This Book of Abstracts is available Call for Papers: Jason Papathanasiou online as pdf file under the link: http://londonewgdss2011.files.wordpress.com/2 Shaofeng Liu http://ewgdssparis2011.files.wordpres 011/05/20110517_ewg- Pascale Zaraté s.com/2011/05/ewg-dss-dasig- dss_cfp_springer_vjeh.pdf workshop-proceedings-online-This IJIDS Special Issue is still in version.pdf . This LNBIP Book is still in itsits reviewing process. If you wish editorial process. If you wish toto submit a full original paper to it, submit a full original paper to it,please contact the guest editors LNBIP – Springer Book on please contact the guest editorsvia the email: ewg- Collaborations in Real via the email: ewg-dss@fccdp.com. dss@fccdp.com. EnvironmentsEWG-DSS London-2011 Publications from members ofWorkshop on Decision the EWG-DSS:Systems – Book of Abstracts  Delibašić B, Jovanovic M, Vukicevic M, Suknovic M, Obradovic Z (2011) Component-based decision trees for classification, Intelligent Data Analysis 15(5), 671-693, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/IDA-2011- 0489  Hernández, J.E., Mula, J., Poler, R., Pavón, J (2011). A multiagent negotiation based model to support the collaborative supply chain planning process. Studies in Informatics and Control vol 20 issue 1 This Book of Post-Proceedings of pp 43-54. the Springer Series LNBIP – Lecture Notes in Business  Hernández, J.E., Poler, R., Mula, Information Processing, consists J., Lario, F.C. (2011). The reverse mainly of revised and extended logistic process of an automobileThis Book of Abstracts is available supply chain network supported by a final papers selected from the collaborative decision-making model.online as pdf file under the link: “EWG-DSS London-2011 Group Decision and Negotiation vol 20 Workshop” and from the “EWG- issue 1 pp 79-114. DSS Paris-2011 Workshop” in 7

 Shaofeng Liu, Bob Young and Lian This Action’s main mission is to The DITIA Action COSTDing, 2011.A decision support system facilitate via the established proposal is under its preliminaryfor global manufacturing co-ordination network, highly qualified joint- evaluation period. If it succeeds,in the automotive industry. research among its collaborators then a final detailed ActionInternational Journal of Computer and promote the necessary proposal will have to be preparedIntegrated Manufacturing 24(4): 285- process of technology transfer up to January 2012. You can read301. from Decision Sciences to more about the DITIA proposal in Shaofeng Liu, Mike Leat and industry. the EWG-DSS Blog.Melanie Hudson Smith, 2011.State-of- The main objective of thisthe-art sustainability analysis Action is to establish a networkmethodologies for efficient decision and support a forum of excellencesupport in green production EWG-DSSoperations. International Journal of among Decision Sciences researchers to guide advanced Social-AcademicSustainable Engineering 4(3): 236-250. research towards an innovative Network distributed interoperable paradigm Suknovic M, Delibasic B, for Decision Systems for the How do we proceed?Jovanovic M, Vukicevic M, Becejski- Internet. As a benefit, DITIA Action by Fátima Dargam, Pascale ZaratéVujaklija D, Obradovic Z, 2011, will facilitate and promote researchReusable Components in Decision & Rita Ribeiro towards the specification of anTree Induction Algorithms, innovative web-based In the EWG-DSS London-Computational Statistics. DOI: collaborative decision-making 2011 Workshop on Decisionhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00180-011- paradigm. This benefit adds value Systems, we presented the0242-8 to the area of Information current status of this project, with Technology by complementing the abstract entitled: “The EWG-Thanks to all group members who efforts of other networks, like DSS Social-Academic Network:contributed to this section. Agreement Technologies; whereas How do we proceed?”. it also adds value to the European ICT industry by presenting a new We discussed about its openEWG-DSS Projects DSS framework for the Web issues in order to motivate some 2.0/3.0 technologies to be members of the group toDITIA - Decisions in the collaborate with its further considered for technology transferInternet Age and further development within an development. open source distributed software basis. Another expected benefit that can be identified is the dissemination of interdisciplinaryAction COST Proposal competences through qualifiedby Fátima Dargam, Pascale Zaraté cross-joint-research production and& Rita Ribeiro continuing education, involving young researchers for sustained This Action proposal supports capacity building, within thea forum of excellence among existing European community ofDecision Science researchers to Decision Sciences andguide advanced research in the Technologies.field of Decision Systems, The DITIA network countscurrently developed by nationally- with over 20 interested Europeanfunded institutions of European This work analyses the social participants. Most of them comeCOST member countries and network, created for the EWG- from two existing working groups:worldwide, towards an innovative DSS to represent the various the EURO Working on Decisiondistributed interoperable Decision academic relationships that link its Support Systems – EWG-DSS andSystems paradigm for the Internet members. This study shows how the IFIP TC8/WG8.3 group onAge. This paradigm will deliver the group’s collaboration dynamics DSS. Those DSS working groupssolutions for web-based decision- has evolved since its foundation: a will provide DITIA with amaking by promoting the period of over 20 years. consolidated background on theirappropriate interaction of three key expertise areas. Thus, The project now requests thecomponents: the ever-growing complementing this COST Action participation and collaboration ofavailability and changeability of to successfully promote an the members of the EWG-DSS todata; the growing complexity and augmented network within update its database of publicationsuncertainty of decision European countries and worldwide for its next version. At the currentenvironments; as well as to tackle the open and missing stage, the project’s networkubiquitous high-speed information issues within Decision-Making in analysis needs to be optmized toflow. This way, it supports spatial- the Internet Age. better explain the concludingtemporal decisions includingcollaborative decision-making. factors about the group, so that 8

easy checking of cooperation can Through targeting at  Strengthening the role of SMEsbe performed. This will help to delivering “the knowledge-based through this collaboration scenario,promote further collaboration process decision platform”, PIKES addressing an area of forefrontamong the academic members of addresses a number of strategic technological development inthe group in common projects and objectives relevant to the manufacturing processjoint-publications. European Manufacturing industry optimisation and innovation, as a as well reflected in the sustainable means to gaining and sustaining We hope that some other development campaign. The European manufacturing industry’sresearchers of the EWG-DSS proposed research aims at in competitiveness and leadership.group get interested in joining us in particular: This effect is particularly prominentthe implementation of the new in the proposal as PIKES partnersversion of our Social-Academic  Increasing the include a group of SMEs, leadingNetwork and we already thank you competitiveness of the European manufacturers and consultants,all in advance for your support in manufacturing industry through an supplying services to other majorsending us links to your updated enhanced system of process players in the field of machinery,publications data! resource efficiency analysis and electronics and aerospace optimisation. Resource energy manufacturing/maintenance. efficiency analysis is expected toPIKES: Providing Integrated be more precise through macro- Resource efficiencyKnowledge Management and and micro-level process-resource performance of processes isDecision Making Approaches mapping. Decision maker’s becoming the decisive factor for judgement on process optimisation economic growth, environmentalfor Resource Efficient Process and innovation will be improved friendliness and employee’s well-Simulation and Innovation when underpinned by a well- being in manufacturing. AnalysisEU FP7 FoF.NMP.2012-6 Proposal developed dedicated knowledge and optimisation of process base, a collaborative approach and performance or behaviour of by Univ.of Plymouth; multi-criteria decision analysis. decision making is often a lengthy Univ. of Liverpool; Lean process simulation will time-consuming task, rarely Univ. of Toulouse; reduce potential risks of resource- supported by modern knowledge- Univ. of Macedonia; oriented process innovation and based computational techniques. UNINOVA; Univ. ofBelgrade; EADS; SimTech; AMF total production cost. The This element which is prominent inEngineering; INOVAX; Emerson integrated knowledge-based the process innovation is a limitingControl Tech. & Advisory Board: process decision platform is factor for the overall performanceMAS; Stenum. expected to improve process- of the manufacturing industry. In resource performance in terms of parallel the planned work on The PIKES project proposal energy consumption by as much improved risk analysis willhas been initiated in response to as 20% (indicated by pilot study influence production costs mainlythe “Factories of the Future” work from previous projects). This figure by providing reliable evaluationprogramme, answering the call for may appear small; there will be a through the lean processa collaborative project on: significant contribution to simulation. Thus, PIKES will haveKnowledge-based tools and European wide energy savings direct as well as indirect – viaapproaches for process planning given the total numbers of reducing resource waste toand integrated process simulation manufacturing companies, not to become greener manufacturers –at factory level (FoF.NMP.2012-6). mention the considerable cost influences on the products and The overall goal of PIKES is savings to the process owners. production costs of the Europeanto develop an integrated The project provides a whole new manufacturing industry. As theknowledge-based decision support perspective on process proposal also addresses a varietyplatform that assembles advanced optimisation and innovation of operational issues, theprocess, resource, simulation (traditionally resource energy European manufacturing industrymethods and decision support efficiency was not a criterion in will equally benefit from thetechnologies to tackle the process process decision making). results.optimisation and innovation issue  Contributing to advanced The PIKES project proposal isin the emerging resource efficient technological developments and under its final preparation and will be stmanufacturing. It will equip factory integration of disparate production submitted by Dec.1 , 2011 to the EUshop floor practitioners with a management and ICT support for Program Call FP7 FoF.NMP.2012-6. Ifcomprehensive approach and decision making activities aiming it succeeds, PIKES will be aholistic tool with a view to collaboration project of 3 years, for facilitating the use of innovativesubstantially enhancing all aspects starting in October 2012, involving the process techniques and methods.of the current process innovation partners: Univ.of Plymouth; Univ. of  Promoting a truly European Liverpool; Univ. of Toulouse; Univ. ofdecision making, which to a large collaboration which is expected to Macedonia; UNINOVA; Univ. ofextent is based on production have a structuring and integrating Belgrade; EADS; SimTech; AMFengineers and managers’ intuition Engineering; INOVAX; Emersonand experience. effect. Control Tech. & Advisory Board: MAS; Stenum. For further information 9

about this project, please contact the In order to submit your the dissertation should be aEWG-DSS Board via the email abstract to one of those sessions, member of a member society ofaddress: ewg-dss@fccdp.com. you need to login in the conference EURO. The prize consists in an ad site, select the “Abstract hoc certificate and reward of submission” menu option and then €1000,00. The three finalists will enter the session code (see above) have to register for the EUROCall for Papers to which you wish to place your 2012 conference (they will only submission. Contributors are pay the early registration fees). requested to submit their Abstracts EURO will contribute, if necessary, (no more than 600 characters) in to their travel and journey English. The Call for Papers for expenses. Further details aboutEURO XXV, Vilnius, the EURO XXV – DSS Stream can the EDDA-2012 are available at th be downloaded via the link: the EURO XXV Homepage:Lithuania. July 8-11 , http://ewgdss.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/cfp- http://www.euro-2012.lt/awards.2012. euro-xxv-vilnius2012-dss-stream.pdf General information about this award can be found at the EURO The 25th European Important Dates Homepage: http://www.euro-Conference on Operational Dealines for Abstracts: March 1st, 2012 online.org/web/pages/242/guidelines .Research "EURO XXV", with thespecial subject "OR - Connecting Acceptance Deadline for early notification registrationSciences" will take place in March 31st, 2012 April 1st, 2012Vilnius, organized by the Deadline for EURO XXV DSS2012: The 16th IFIPLithuanian OR Society, during the author registration Conference dates WG8.3 Internationalperiod of July 8th-11th, 2012. More May1st, 2012 July 8th-11th, 2012 Conference on Decisioninformation about it can be foundthe Conference Homepage: In order to ease the Support Systems. organisation of the DSS Stream www.euro-2012.lt. sessions, please keep us informed about your contributions to the Anávissos, Greece,DSS Stream DSS Stream, by sending a copy of June 28-30th, 2012. your submitted papers to ewg- dss@fccdp.com. Thanks! Conference Special theme: "Fusing DSS into As usual, the EWG-DSS the Fabric of the EDDA 2012 Context”Coordination Board, under therepresentation of F. Dargam; R. The EURO DoctoralRibeiro and P. Zaraté, will Dissertation Awardorganize in this Conference a The aim of the IFIPDecision Support Systems Stream, The EDDA (EURO Doctoral Working Group 8.3 DSS’2012to which you are all welcome to Dissertation Award) is a EURO open conference is to explore theparticipate and submit your instrument. It consists of a prize modern perspective of the fusionresearch work. that is awarded at each EURO-K view on information systems conference. The purpose of the identity and the implications of thisThe DSS Stream at EURO XXV is prize is to distinguish an view for decision support systems.composed of four sessions: outstanding PhD thesis in The conference solicits- DSS Session 1 (code: Operational Research defended in papers that describe theea286cb6): Group Support the countries having an OR society application of fusion principles onSystems / Distributed / that is member of EURO. decision support systems researchCollaborative Decision Making The EDDA 2012 will be and practice. It is timely to explore awarded for the sixth time at the the socio-technical approaches for- DSS Session 2 (code: closing session of the EURO-2012 fusing decision support, as well asb22bd4a2): Web-based Spatial- conference (Vilnius, July 8 - 11, opportunities and obstacles fortemporal Decision Support 2012). The EDDA 2012 jury will achieving a total fusion of DSSSystems only consider PhD theses in systems in various contexts.- DSS Session 3 (code: Operational Research defended Submissions from academics andc3be9e37): Knowledge between 15 January 2010 (i.e., the practitioners are invited. PapersManagement & Decision deadline for the preceding edition describing real case studies will beSystems of the prize) and 15 January 2012 most welcomed. All submitted (the deadline for the present manuscripts will be double blind- DSS Session 4 (code: peer-reviewed in full by at least edition). The dissertation should16ca0674): Applications in two reviewers and members of the have been defended in aDecision Making & Decision Program Committee. The University located in a memberAnalysis acceptance of the contributions will country of EURO. The author of be based on the originality of the 10

work, the relevance for the London, within the EWG-DSS meeting in Paris Dauphineconference theme and overall London-2011 Workshop on University.quality. Decision Systems. It was organized in cooperation with The EWG-DSS / DASIG The Call for Papers for this Philip Powell, Executive Dean and Paris-2011 Joint-Workshop hasconference can be found in the Professor of Management in the attracted the participation and thehompepage.(http://www.psych.lse.ac.uk/ifi School of Business, Economics interest of many professionals ofp-dss/page1/styled/index.html) and also in and Informatics at Birkbeck Univ. the decision-making research area.the DSS2012 Homepage at: of London, where the EWG-DSS It presents a total of 23 researchhttp://www.lml.lse.ac.uk/DSS2012/. DSS- Workshop took place. We are contributions, 2 special talks and 12012 Paper submission opens on 1 deeply grateful to the support plenary discussion. The EWG-DSSDecember 2011. received from Philip Powell and Stream on “Collaborative Decision his team in the London Workshop. Making” is composed of 2 invited speakers’ presentations and 14EWG-DSS Meetings We can certainly say that the papers short presentations related London-2011 Workshop was a to various aspects of DecisionList of all EWG-DSS Meetings, great success! There were 45 Making approaches. The StreamWorkshops & Mini-Conferences: registered participants and 39 on “Policy Analytics”, organized by presentations. All presentations the DASIG Decision Analysis. Fontainebleau (France) – 1990; were very interesting and there Special Interest Group, includes 9. Bruges (Belgium) – 1991; was a high level of information presentations and 1 plenary. Nagycenk (Hungary) – 1992; exchange for further cooperation discussion about its main topic.. Sintra (Portugal) – 1993; among the participants. Complete. Turku (Finland) – 1994; details about the Workshop The special talks of the. Samos (Greece) – 1995; Program and its Special Talks can EWG-DSS Stream on. Ispra (Italy) – 1996; be found at its Homepage: “Collaborative Decision Making”. Bruges (Belgium) – 1997; are presented by Denis Bouyssou, http://londonewgdss2011.wordpress.com/.. Granada (Spain) – 1998; a Senior Researcher at the CNRS. Turku (Finland) – 1999; The digital version of the in Paris, about the topic: “Should. Toulouse (France) – 2000; Workshop Proceedings can be you believe in the Shanghai. Caiscas (Portugal) – 2001; downloaded via the link: EWG-DSS ranking ?”; and Sihem Amer-. Bruges (Belgium) – 2002; London-2011 Digital Proceedings. Yahia, Principal Research Scientist. Luxembourg – 2003; at Qatar Computing Research. Istanbul, (Turkey) – 2003; The Workshop Photos can be Center, who speaks about: “Social. Prato, (Italy) – 2004; seen and downloaded via the link: Analytics to Encourage Collabo-. Graz (Austria) – 2005; ration on the Social Web of News”.. London (UK) – 2006; http://www.fccdp.com/EWG-. Reykavik (Iceland) – 2006; DSS%20London-2011/album/index.html. The rich diversity of topics. Montreal (Canada) – 2007; and approaches of Decision. Prague (Czech Republic) – 2007; The EWG-DSS / DASIG Making presented in this. Toulouse (France) – 2008; Paris-2011 Joint-Workshop Workshop is itself an invaluable. Bonn (Germany) – 2009; on Policy Analytics and on source of inspiration for further. Lisbon (Portugal) – 2010; Collaborative Decision Making investigations in the area. We are. London (UK) – 2011; Nov.30 - Dec1, 2011 extremely proud to be able to co-. Paris (France) – 2011. organize jointly with the DASIG and CNRS-LAMSADE such an interesting event. Complete detailsMeetings in 2011 about the Workshop Program and The EWG-DSS jointly with its Special Talks can be found at the DASIG Decision Analysis In 2011, the EWG-DSS had its Homepage: Special Interest Group from thethe great opportunity to organize http://ewgdssparis2011.wordpress.com/ British OR Society and CNRS-two Workshops, which allowed the LAMSADE, in cooperation withgroup to have two official annual The digital version of the Paris Dauphine University, had themeetings! Workshop Proceedings can be pleasure to co-organize the EWG- DSS / DASIG Paris-2011 Joint- downloaded via the link:The EWG-DSS London-2011 http://ewgdssparis2011.files.wordpress.coWorkshop on Workshop on Policy Analytics and on Collaborative Decision Making m/2011/05/ewg-dss-dasig-workshop-Decision Systems proceedings-online-version.pdf .  on the period of November 30th to December 1st, 2011. We are very grateful to the support received from our colleague and EWG-DSS founding member Alexis Tsoukias Upcoming Events: The first meeting of the from LAMSADE, in organizing thisEWG-DSS in 2011 took place in EURO XXV - 2012 11

The 25th European The purpose of the EWG- DSS Liverpool-2012 Workshop is Further details about the Workshop Program andConference on to bring together professionals of Publications, Special Talks,Operational Research the research areas related to Venue, Registration and Decision-Making in the Operations Accommodation will be available Management context, as well as at the Workshop Homepage: their respective areas of http://ewgdssliverpool2012.wordpress.com/ .EURO XXV Vilnius, Lithuania. applications. Particular focus will thJuly 8-11 , 2012. be given to recent developments, their methodologies, concepts and The EWG-DSS Coordinators are EWG-DSS Stream implementation details, specially in looking forwards to welcome at the EUROXXV the Industry. you in Liverpool next year! in Vilnius, We are very grateful to the Lithuania in 2012. support of Jorge Hernández, one of our EWG-DSS CoordinationEWG-DSS Stream: Board Assistants, in locally“Decision Support System“ organizing this meeting in the School of Management of theOrganizers: University of Liverpool in AprilPascale Zaraté, 2012.Fátima Dargam &Rita Ribeiro Members of the EWG-DSS working group are expected toDealines for Abstracts: March 1st, participate and to encourage the EWG-DSS Coordinators:2012. Call for papers available participation of other related Pascale Zaraté (Coordinator)online via the link: professionals, so that further IRIT / Toulouse University , France collaboration can be promoted on Fátima Dargam (Coordinator)http://ewgdss.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/cfp- a larger scale. Proposals foreuro-xxv-vilnius2012-dss-stream.pdf. SimTech Simulation Technology, panels or demo presentations in Austria; ILTC, Brazil special sessions are very Rita Ribeiro (Board Chair) welcome. As in previous years,We hope to see you in Vilnius!  UNINOVA - CA3, Portugal Special Issues of International Jorge Hernández (Board Assistant) Editorials will be published with selected papers presented during University of Liverpool, UK the Workshop. Boris Delibašić (Board Assistant)Assisting the EWG-DSS University of Belgrade, Serbia Workshop Call for Participation: Shaofeng Liu (Board Assistant) http://ewgdssliverpool2012.wordpress.com University of Plymouth, UKThe EWG-DSS Coordination Board /call-for-papers/is constantly looking for volunteers EWG-DSS EURO Homepage - EWG-to assist its members with some The workshop publication will DSS Blog - EWG-DSS LinkedIn - EWG-management activities. consider a book abstracts which, in DSS IRIT Server this opportunity, will be addressed within its corresponding ISBN If you are interested, contact us: number. In addition, one Special Contacting the EWG-DSS ewg-dss@fccdp.com issue and one special joint Thank you! publication, based on the The EURO-WG on Decision Production Planning & Control and Support Systems is currently the European Journal of Operatioal head by the Coordination Research Journals, respectively, Board:EWG-DSS will be produced from the usual Pascale Zaraté, Fátima Dargam, best papers selection. Rita Ribeiro, Boris Delibašić, JorgeLiverpool-2012 Hernández & Shaofeng Liu. For updates or for joining the EWG-DSS, please send an e- mail to ewg-dss@fccdp.comWorkshop onDecision Support Systems & If you need more information about the group, please contact usOperations Management or visit our EURO web-site or ourTrends and Solutions in Wordpress EWG-DSS Blog.Industries PP&C ISSN: EJOR ISSN: thApril 12-13 , 2012 0953-7287 0377-2217 12

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