International Conference on Decision Support System Technology (ICDSST 2017)

The ICDSST 2017 will be organized by the EURO Working Groupv on Decision Support Systems (EWG-DSS) in co-operation with University of Namur, Belgium, during the period of 29-31 May 2017. The conference will be hosted by the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Business Administration.

The main purpose of the EWG-DSS 2017 International Conference on Decision Support System Technology (ICDSST 2017), with its main theme on “Data, Information and Knowledge Visualisation in Decision Making”, is to attract researchers, developers and specialists in the related areas of decision making, including its methodologies and technologies, as well as application oriented practitioners directed to the implementation of solutions for societal challenges, to get together in order to exchange experiences and identify the key issues within the areas in focus, so that exploitation of new approaches and tools for future developments can take place.

Depending on the research domain, frontiers between data, information and knowledge are not always very formaly specified.  Whatever the choosen definition, one will agree on the fact that the three of them are concerned with decision, decision making and decision support.

This ICDSST 2017 will study the role, the qualities, the models and methods offered by visualisation of data, information and knowledge in the process of decision and the mechanisms of decision support.  From data analysis, to knowledge sharing, going through information extraction, visualisation can offer key support to all the phases of a decision making process.  In particular, in group decision, where communication is a critical aspect, an efficient visual support facilitates the process.