GDN Journal - Special Issue on Multicriteria Analysis in GDSS/NSS
ITOR - Special issue on OR approaches dedicated to routing problems in the Internet
The 2009 International Conference in Management Sciences and Decision Making
Special Issue on Multicriteria Analysis in GDSS/NSS
In our current globalised world decision
making and negotiating are becoming increasingly important and complex. On the
other hand, information and communication technologies, and the associated
supplied services are in a permanent evolution and heavily (and positively)
impacting decision and negotiation support. These trends motivate a pace of
innovation, integrating new areas of information systems research with new
models/methods leading to a fast evolution in Group Decision Support Systems
(GDSS) and Negotiating Support Systems (NSS). Furthermore, the
multidimensionality of the complex real world problems requires demands in many
cases the integration of
multicriteria models/methods within the GDSS/NSS paradigms. We should stress,
moreover, that Multicriteria Analysis (MA) is, in itself, a diversified field of
research, incorporating several streams, all of them relevant for Group Decision
and Negotiation: Multiple Objective Mathematical Programming Methods,
Multiattribute Utility and Value Theory, Outranking methods, Interactive
Procedures, are an integral part of MA.
The main objective of this special issue of the Group Decision and Negotiation Journal (GDN) is to gather state-of art research putting in evidence the relevance of MA in GDSS/NSS. Articles referring to theoretical, methodological and applied aspects will be welcome. The deadline for submissions is 31 March 2009.
Each paper will be peer-reviewed according to the editorial policy of GDN (http://www.springerlink.com/content/100270/) published by the INFORMS-GDN section. Papers should be original, unpublished, and not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. They should be prepared according to the instructions to authors that can be found in the journal homepage.
Authors are strongly encouraged to send their submissions in electronic form (preferably a PDF file).
Submissions and inquiries should be sent directly to any of the Guest Editors in charge of this issue: João Clímaco (jclimaco@fe.uc.pt) and David Rios Insua (david.rios@urjc.es).
The internet has been the subject of an extremely rapid evolution both in terms of increasing traffic volumes and more advanced services, to be supplied at the lowest possible cost and with some degree of quality of service (QoS) satisfaction. This has also been made possible by the development of new technological platforms. An essential element of these trends is the necessity of developing more advanced routing mechanisms capable of guaranteeing, on the one hand, the required QoS levels and, on the other hand, some form of optimization of the available network resources.
The major objective of this special issue of
ITOR is to gather state-of-art research papers putting in evidence the great OR potentialities in this field. Articles on theoretical, methodological and application aspects will be welcome and the deadline for submissions is 31 December 2008.Topics for this special issue include (but are not limited to):
– QoS routing models/multi-constrained optimization path problems
– Multipath routing optimization models
– Multicriteria routing models
– New OR tools related to the internet routing challenges
Each paper will be peer-reviewed according to the editorial policy of ITOR (http://www.blackwellpublishing.com), published by the International Federation of Operational Research Societies – IFORS. Papers should be original, unpublished, and not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. They should be prepared according to the instructions to authors that can be found at the journal homepage.
Authors are strongly encouraged to send their submissions in electronic form ( preferably a PDF file). Submissions and other inquiries should be sent directly to any of the Guest Editors in charge of this issue: João Clímaco (jclimaco@inescc.pt) and José Craveirinha ( jcrav@deec.uc.pt).
May 30, 2009
Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT:
The 2009 International Conference in Management Sciences and Decision Making will be held at Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., on May 30, 2009. Topics related to managerial decision making from all management fields are invited for submission. Case studies, cross-cultural research, and business research are especially welcomed. This conference cooperates with the International Journal of Information and Management Sciences (EI, TSSCI) by selecting good quality articles from the conference for possible publication after its reviewing process.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION:
The official language, for both submissions and presentations, is English. Authors should send an abstract with approximately 500 words as an e-mail attachment to icmsdm2009@staff.tku.edu.tw no later than January 10, 2009. The abstract must be submitted as Word format document and contains a title of the paper, name and affiliation of the author(s), contact information (education, academic experience, honors and awards, research and publication, full address, telephone, facsimile & e-mail) and the appropriate fields (i.e., Operations Research, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, etc.). If more than two authors are listed, please identify the one who will make the presentation at the conference. Notification of acceptance will be sent on January 31, 2009. Upon notification of acceptance, the full paper (in English, double-spaced, not to exceed 20 A4 pages in Word format) is due on March 15, 2009.
A registration fee of US$100.00 (or NT$3,500) is required to reach our office before the full paper submission deadline in order to be officially registered into the conference. Payments can be made by international money orders or checks payable to International Journal of Information and Management Sciences, Tamkang University, Graduate Institute of Management Sciences, Room B907, No. 151 Ying-Chun Road, Tamsui, Taipei County Taiwan 25137, R.O.C.
OFFICAL LAUGUAGE: English
CONTACT PERSONS:
Chang-Ching Lin, Ph.D. or Ruey-Chyn Tsaur, Ph.D.
Graduate Institute of Management Sciences
Tamkang University
151 Ying-Chuan Road, Tamsui,
Taipei County, Taiwan 25137, R.O.C.
TEL: 886-2-8631-3221 FAX: 886-2-8631-3214
E-mail：icmsdm2009@staff.tku.edu.tw
IMPORTANT DATES:
Conference Date: May 30, 2009
Submission of Abstract: January 10, 2009
Acceptance Notification: January 31, 2009
Submission of Full paper: March 15, 2009
Registration Fee: March 15, 2009