Forwarded message from [sidb@UIC.EDU (Sid Bhattacharyya)] sent originally on Wed, 24 Nov 1999 14:24:33 -0600: : : CALL FOR PAPERS : Decision Support Systems Journal : Special Issue on Web Data Mining : Guest Editors: : Sid Bhattacharyya Gary J. Koehler : : With an ever-increasing number of users, access sites and a range of electronic business activities, the Internet is witnessing a : rapid growth of online data. There has arisen consequently the challenge of utilizing this wealth of data for improved business : intelligence, better decision making, enhanced customer relations, better design of services and product offerings, etc. : Individuals, too, in a digital networked society, have to contend with far greater information than one can analyze, understand or : absorb. Adequate means for access, filtering and retrieval of web-based information, use of intelligent agents, and knowledge : discovery and data mining processes are crucial for effective use of web resources and opportunities. : : Data mining has emerged in recent years as an interdisciplinary field of study that includes machine learning, statistics, databases, : optimization, data visualization, high performance computing, management information systems and knowledge based systems. : This special issue of Decision Support Systems seeks high quality research papers related to the general theme of utilizing web : based data. Papers may be rooted in any related discipline, and topics of interest include (but are not restricted to): : : Warehousing web data : Web data capture and preparation : Querying web data, analytical processing : Intelligent retrieval and filtering : User profiling, web personalization : Analyzing web usage data : Intelligent assistants and information agents : Web based market research : Direct marketing : Structuring and managing the data mining process : : The submission deadline for articles is July 31st , 2000. Authors are, however, encouraged to submit papers earlier. All papers : will be peer reviewed. Four copies of papers should be submitted to either: : : Gary J. Koehler Siddhartha Bhattacharyya : Decision and Information Sciences Department Information and Decision Sciences Department : Warrington College of Business College of Business Administration : University of Florida University of Illinois at Chicago : P.O. Box 117169, 351 Stuzin Hall 601 S. Morgan Street (MC 294) : Gainesville, FL 32611 Chicago, IL 60607-7124 : koehler@ufl.edu sidb@uic.edu :