This document is a newsletter from the EURO Working Group on Decision Support Systems (EWG-DSS). It provides an editorial welcoming readers to the 2008 edition. It announces upcoming events, including the group's 20th anniversary celebration in 2009. It requests members to provide publication information for a research review mapping the group's research interests over time. It also announces several special journal issues and calls for papers related to decision support systems and decision making.

1. Rapport :
EURO WORKING GROUP ON DECISION SUPPORT
SYSTEMS
NEWSLETTER N°7
(EWG-DSS Newsletter n°7)
Auteurs : Fatima Dargam, Rita Ribeiro et Pascale Zaraté
Rapport IRIT//RR—2009—6—FR, Mars 2009
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2. EWG-DSS Newsletter
Nr. 7, Year 2008
Editorial
EWG-DSS Newsletter by Pascale Zaraté, Fátima Dargam & Rita Ribeiro
Newsletter of the EURO Working (Coordination Board of the EURO Working Group on DSS)
Group on Decision Support System
Dear Euro Working Group members, Dear Friends,
In this issue
It is our pleasure to introduce this 2008 edition of our
Editorial..........................................
newsletter. We start by thanking all the group members, who have
Recent Publications...................... sent their contributions for this issue.
Research Review ..........................
Call for Papers............................... The coordination board is currently working on a research
DSS Stream EURO XXIII ............... project concerning a case study about the research interests and
EWG-DSS Meetings ...................... common developments of the EWG-DSS, since its foundation in
Group News...................................
1989. To carry on this study, we need your help! We need from you
information about your published work. Please read more about
Contacting the EWG-DSS.............
this in the Research Review section of this issue. The result of this
Upcoming Events.......................... work will be published as an invited review in EJOR,
EWG-DSS Members ...................... acknowledging your cooperation. We thank you in advance for your
Contributing to this letter ............. collaboration!
Joining the EWG-DSS.................... In 2009 our group will complete 20 years old!. To
commemorate this round anniversary, we plan a special session in
our next EWG-DSS Meeting, which will take place in July 2009, in
Bonn, hosted by the 23rd EURO Conference. Besides our annual
meeting, the EWG-DSS will organize a stream in this conference
Editorial Board
devoted to the topic of “Applied Decision Making”. We encourage
you all participate to the EWG-DSS-Stream and to the EURO
The Newsletter of the EURO-WG Conference! We really hope to meet as many members as possible
on Decision Support Systems is next year in Germany, so that we can make of the 20 years
currently edited by: celebration of our group existence a delightful event!
Fátima Dargam, Pascale Zaraté
Enjoy your Newsletter! Yours Sincerely,
& Rita Ribeiro
Comments and announcements Pascale Zaraté Fátima Dargam Rita Ribeiro
to next issues of the EWG-DSS
Newsletter should be sent to
F.Dargam@SimTechnology.com
or Zarate@irit.fr with the subject:
“EWG-DSS Newsletter”.
Zarate@irit.fr F.Dargam@SimTechnology.com rar@uninova.pt
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3. Recent Publication
New books in the field:
1. Collaborative Decision
Making: Perspectives
and Challenges. Edited Two new journals in the
by P. Zaraté, J.P. field: A Research Report from
Belaud, G. Camilleri, F. CDM08:
1. Intelligent Decision
Ravat; IOSPress Technologies, edited Posters and Doctoral
Publisher. This book by Prof. Dr. Lakhmi C. Colloquim Proceedings. A
publishes the full and Jain & Prof. Dr. Gloria CDROM, registered as a
short papers presented Phillips-Wren, published research report n° IRIT/RR-
during the CDM08 by IOSPress 2008-4-FR, publishes
conference that was http://www.iospress.nl/ posters and papers
held in Toulouse, July presented during the
st th
1 -4 2008. N° ISSN: doctoral colloquium of the
0922-6389. This book is CDM08 conference.
available upon request
at
♦
http://www.irit.fr/CDM08/
2. Handbook on Decision Research Review
Support Systems Vol.
A Collaboration-Network
1, 2. Edited by F.
for the EWG-DSS
Burstein and C.
Holsapple; Springer
by F.Dargam, R.Ribeiro,
Publisher. This
P.Zaraté
handbook publishes a
state of the art for DSS The EWG-DSS Coordination
designing. Several 2. International Journal Board decided to conduct a
members of the group of Decision Support study about research
contributed to this System Technology interests of the group
handbook. N°ISSN: (IJDSST), edited by members, to draw a
978-3-540-48712-8 Guisseppi A. Forgionne, knowledge map on Decision
published by IGI Global Support Systems. This
3. Encyclopedia of
http://www.igi- project targets mainly to
Decision Making and
global.com/ disseminate research being
Decision Support
conducted by members of
Technologies. Edited
the group.
by F. Adam and P.
Humphreys; IGI Global As a primary step, we
Publishers. This book will develop a social
publishes a set of tools, structure for the group,
methodologies and using us - the group
definitions related to members - as its defined
Decision Support population. By doing this, we
Systems. Several will devise a social-
mebers of the group academic network analysis
wrote articles for this for identifying the
book. N° ISBN: 978- collaboration relationship
159904843-7 that exits among the EWG-
DSS members on one hand,
and also provide a useful
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4. feedback for further collaboration!
collaboration in joint- ♦ This work / poster was
research on the other, presented in the CDM08 by
hopefully encouraging new “Best Poster Award” in Jorge E. Hernández, who is
research and academic the CDM 2008 Conference a Civil Industrial Engineer
cooperation within the in Toulouse, last July: from the Universidad de La
group. Frontera de Temuco (Chile).
“A collaborative decision- He is currently a researcher
To carry on this making model to support
study, we need your help! at the Research Centre on
the reverse logistic Production Management
We need some information, process in the supply
concerning research areas and Engineering (CIGIP) at
chain” the Universidad Politécnica
and main publications of the
involved agents, to be by J.E. Hernández, R. de Valencia (Spain). There,
provided by the group Poler, F. Mula, F.C. Lario he is undertaking a Ph.D.
members. Abstract: Decision system program in operational
technologies have for long research and supply chain
Hence, we kindly
been a strong support to management advanced
request that ALL the
model and solve the models. His research
members of the EWG-DSS
planning complexities in the interests include
group (YOU inclusive!)
supply chain, in a collaborative planning,
provide us with some
collaborative context. forecasting and
relevant information,
Moreover, one of the main replenishment, decisional
concerning a list of main
topics that have emerged is systems models in order to
publications (since 1989);
reverse logistics, which is support the forward and
stating for each of them:
becoming more relevant in reverse logistic functions,
1. authors, title, journal supply chains as far as the Simulation (from a discrete
/conference/..., editors, logistics process of event perspective),
year; as well as its removing new or used analytical modeling,
2. main area(s) of products from their initial business process modeling
research; and point is concerned. and multi-agent systems
3. the indication of Therefore, to present the modeling. ♦
cooperation with some main aspects that should be
other members of the considered to share the
EWG-DSS group, if any. decision information, which Call for Papers
is already used among the
Please reply to us as
members of an automobile
soon as possible, including
supply chain, a conceptual Conference Calls
the requested information by
study of reverse logistics is
e-mail to RTDMC-08 Workshop:
carried out to discover how
F.Dargam@SimTechnology. Pre-ICIS Workshop on
decision-making activities
com, with C.c. to Supporting real time
support the process in
Zarate@irit.fr. decision-making: The role of
supply chains. Furthermore,
If you have any doubts, context in decision suppport
a simulation experiment is
please do not hesitate in on the move
executed with the DGRAI th
contacting us. Paris, December 13 , 2008
3.0 tool to study the impact
In turn, we will keep you
of the collaborative reverse This workshop is organized
informed about the status of
logistics extension model, by AIS SIG DSS, the
this project as time goes by.
which presents the dynamic International Society for
The result of this work will
perspective of the Decision Support Systems,
be published as an invited
conceptual model.Therefore, and it is under the umbrella
review in EJOR,
this research work not only of the International
acknowledging your
shows the impact on the Conference on Information
cooperation.
bottom lines of the supply Systems (ICIS-2008). The
As you can see, your chain, but also links the objective of the workshop is
participation is of vital main aspects of the reverse to explore issues associated
importance for the success logistics to the logistics with the design and use of
of this work! function as another way of the real-time Decision
We thank you in improving the efficiency of Support Systems. These
advance for your the decision-making process DSS support real-time
in supply chains. decisions “on the move” and
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5. it is important to take into the specific topic of OR to the EWG-DSS mailing list
account the context for the methodologies or tools used soon. ♦
DSS. The challenges of for designing new
context management as a framework of Decision Intelligent Decision
component of knowledge Support Systems. 17 Technologies Journal:
management for decision interesting papers have This feature issue will select
making and support will be been submitted to this papers presenting research
also addressed. special issue. Among them, on AI approaches for
only 4 excellent papers have Decision Making and is
Deadline for submission: edited by F. Burstein and G.
nd been selected focused on
September 22 , 2008 Philips-Wren. The Call for
the specific topic. The issue
For more Information: is currently being published. Papers is available at
http://www- ♦ http://www.irit.fr/CDM08
poleia.lip6.fr/~brezil/RTDMC will be distributed to the
-08/ EWG-DSS mailing list soon.
Five upcoming special
Contact:
issues following the ♦
Frada.Burstein@infotech.mo
CDM08 conference: Decision Science Journal:
nash.edu.au ♦
This feature issue will select
EURO XXIII: The 23
rd Group Decision and papers presenting research
European Conference on Negotiation Journal: on Collaborative Decision
Operational Research will This feature issue will select Making for Supply Chain
take place in July 2009, in papers presenting research and is edited by J. Pino, P.
Bonn, Germany. on Collaborative Goes and A. Vakharia. The
More details will follow in the Approaches for Multi- Call for Papers is available
near future at the EURO Decision Makers and is at
homepage: http://www.euro- edited by J. Pino and P. http://www.irit.fr/CDM08
2009.de ♦ Zaraté. The Call for Papers will be distributed to the
is available at EWG-DSS mailing list soon.
rd http://www.irit.fr/CDM08
EURO XXVI: The 24 will be distributed through
♦
European Conference on the mailing list.
Operational Research will
♦
take place in 2010, in
Portugal.
♦ Journal of Decision DSS Stream
Support Systems EUROXXIII
Technologies:
Journal This feature issue will select EWG-DSS Stream
Announcement papers presenting research at the EUROXXIII
on Technologies for Bonn, July 2009
Formal Methodologies and
Collaborative Decision
Tools for DSSs Special
Making and is edited by A.
Issue in EJOR
Respicio and P. Zaraté. The
edited by P. Zaraté Call for Papers is available Call for Papers
The proposed feature at EURO XXIII European
issue will publish a selection http://www.irit.fr/CDM08 Conference on
of the best papers that mark will be distributed to the Operations Research,
state-of-the-art and EWG-DSS mailing list soon. Bonn, Germany July 5-
perspectives, describing ♦ 8th, 2009
Formal Methodologies and
Tools for Decision Support Stream:
Systems. This issue Journal of Decision “ Applied Decision Making
selected the best papers Systems: “
presented during the Organizers:
This feature issue will select (EWG-DSS Coordination
IFIP8/TC8.3 International papers presenting research Board)
Conference on Creativity on Case Studies and is
and Innovation in Decision Pascale Zaraté, Fátima
edited by F. Adam. The Call Dargam & Rita Ribeiro
Making and Decision for Papers will be distributed
Support - CIDMD2006, on
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6. rd
The 23 European . Bruges (Belgium) – 1997; USA, Italia, Portugal,
Conference on Operational . Granada (Spain) – 1998; Nederland, Hungary,
Research EURO XXIII will . Turku (Finland) – 1999; Algeria, Poland, India,
be organised by the . Toulouse (France) – 2000; Spain, Bangladesh, Burma,
University of Siegen and will . Caiscas (Portugal) – 2001; Korea, Ukraine, Jordan, and
take place in the Gustav- . Bruges (Belgium) – 2002; Tunisia.
Stresemann Institute and . Luxembourg – 2003;
the Maritim Hotel in Bonn, . Istanbul, (Turkey) – 2003; The Award of the best
Germany. . Prato, (Italy) – 2004; poster has been assigned to
. Graz (Austria) – 2005; J. Hernandez coming from
The organizers of the . London (UK) – 2006; Valencia, Spain for the work
Stream of Applied . Reykavik (Iceland) – 2006; entitled: “A collaborative
Decision Making invite all . Montreal (Canada) – 2007; decision-making model to
researchers, practitioners, . Prague (Czech Republic) – support the reverse logistic
as well as students working 2007; process in the supply chain.
in the areas of decision . Toulouse (France) – 2008. An application of the GRAI
making, decision analysis methodology to the
and decision support to automobile sector.”
EWG-DSS Meeting 2008
participate at this
Conference and to submit The following presentation
your work to this stream. material is available at the
Contributors are requested CDM2008 conference
to submit their Abstracts (no homepage
more than 600 characters) http://www.irit.fr/CDM08/:
in English (no formulas or Openning Session CDM2008, July 2nd, ■ Frada Burstein’s
mathematical notations are 2008. From left to right: Jean Luc presentation about “How to
allowed), via the Abstract Soubie (IRIT), Patrick Humphreys get your work published”;
(IFIP TC8/WG8.3), Pascale Zaraté ■ Tung Bui's slides entitled
Submission page of the
(CDM08 Chairperson), Fátima Dargam quot;DSS Research: Out of
Conference web-site, please (EURO EWG-DSS), Jean Marc Le
check: http://www.euro- Stream or Ready to Perk?quot;
Lann (ENSIACET).
2009.de/. More detailed (10 MB).
information about the
In 2008, the EWG-DSS The proceedings of the
electronic abstract
meeting took place during conference are published by
submission and about this
the CDM2008 IFIP TC8 / IOSPress publisher, edited
stream will be provided by
WG8.3 Working by P. Zaraté, J.P. Belaud, G.
the organizers in due
Conference, in Toulouse in Camilleri, F. Ravat. It can
course.
France, during the period of also be purchased at the
th
July 1st-4 , 2008 CDM2008 conference
Deadline: The Submission
http://www.irit.fr/CDM08/. homepage
for abstracts starts on
The CDM2008 was http://www.irit.fr/CDM08/.
October 2008, and the
organised by Pascale Zaraté
deadline for submission is ♦
st (IRIT-ENSIACET-INPT),
March 1 , 2009.
establishing a cooperation
♦ between the IFIP DSS EWG-DSS Meeting in 2009
Group TC8/WG8.3 and our In 2009, the EWG-DSS
EWG-DSS. The main theme annual meeting is going to
EWG-DSS of the conference supported take place in Bonn,
Meetings Collaborative Decision Germany, during the period
th th
List of all EWG-DSS Making. The Conference of July 5 - 8 , within the
rd
Meetings / Workshops & CDM2008 counted with 69 23 European Conference
Mini-Conferences: submitions, among them 34 on Operational Research.
full papers, 9 short papers During this EURO
. Fontainebleau (France) –
and 14 posters have been conference, our EWG-DSS
1990;
selected. 90 participants will also organize a stream
. Bruges (Belgium) – 1991;
were registered to the devoted to the topic of
. Hungary – 1992;
conference coming from 24 “Applied Decision Making”.
. Sintra (Portugal) – 1993;
different countries: France, Please read about the Call
. Turku (Finland) – 1994;
Ireland, Chile, Slovenia, for Papers in this issue.
. Samos (Greece) – 1995;
Switzerland, Australia,
. Ispra (Italy) – 1996;
Sweeden, UK, Germany,
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7. More details will follow soon. course. Check the EURO
web-site at: • Research Group
♦
Presentations
http://www.euro-2009.de/ for
more information about this • Research Views and
Perspectives
conference. ♦
Contacting the EWG- • Forthcoming Events
DSS • General Announcements
The EURO-WG on EWG-DSS Contributions to the EWG-
Decision Support Systems DSS Newsletter should be
is currently head by Members sent to one of the email
Pascale Zaraté, who is addresses below with the
also in charge of subject: “EWG-DSS
Registered Members Newsletter”.
organizing and updating
the web site and the The updated list of the F.Dargam@SimTechnolog
mailing list. 96 members of our EWG- y.com
DSS group is available upon Zarate@irit.fr
EWG-DSS
request to Pascale Zaraté.
Att.:Pascale Zarate
Changes to this list should
IRIT – Equipe CSC
also be reported to Pascale
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FRANCE Via the use of our Joining the EWG-DSS
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Web: DSS members are able to If you wish to join the
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members, allowing this way Decision Support
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a one-to-one distribution of Systems, please send an
information about research e-mail to zarate@irit.fr,
events and calls for with the following
publications. information:
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please contact us or visit our Affiliation:______________
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a related Journal is also
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