---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Last reminder of call for chapter proposals for a book on DMSS. Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 22:16:58 -0500 From: Manuel Mora mmorauaamx@NETSCAPE.NET To: ISWORLD@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE

Dear colleagues:

This is the last reminder to submit chapter proposals for a forthcomming book on DMSS (Decision Making Support Systems). Chapter proposals on the Management and Methodologies of the Development Process of DSS, EIS or ES/KBS are requested in special.

Thanks in advance. Manuel Mora Co-editor. Dept. of Information Systems Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes

================================================================== CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS (Book on Decision Making Support Systems) ==================================================================

In the last 25 years, organizations that have deployed Decision-Making Support Systems (DMSS), such as stand-alone DSS, EIS, ES/KBS or combined systems, have received multiple benefits including an increase in the quality of decisions, cost savings, improving in communication and enhancing the analytical process of decisions. However, the overall implementation process of DMSS is inherently complex and faces several obstacles in their extensive utilization in practice.

Further research and empirical evidences are required for a better understanding and comprehension of all issues associated with the implementation of DMSS in organizations, from the awareness of their necessity up to their institutionalization.

For these reasons, we invite colleagues and practitioners doing research in the field, to collaborate with this editorial effort to share, increase and diffuse the knowledge about DMSS through the submission of chapter proposals for a book that is being developed for a respected international publishing house, in a peer-review acceptation procedure, according to the following particulars:

FORMAT OF PROPOSALS. Short (about 250 words) or large version (3 pages) that should contain: topic name, main purpose, outline of the chapter proposed, and theoretical and practical contributions of the chapter proposed. Submissions should be formatted and submitted as a MS Word 97 document. The important dates related to the submissions and completion of the chapters are as follows:

DEADLINE FOR TOPICS PROPOSALS. March 31

NOTIFICATION OF PROPOSAL ACCEPTANCE. May 15

DEADLINE FOR FULL CHAPTER SUBMMISION. September 15

NOTIFICATION OF CHAPTER ACCEPTANCE. October 15

SUGGESTED TOPICS. They can involve but are not limited to any of the following:

* Foundations of DMSS (Decision Making Concepts in Organizations, DMSS Types, DMSS Integration Strategies)

* Architectures of DMSS (ESS, IDSS, MSS, and DTS architectures)

*Applications of DMSS (Health-care, Accounting and Financial, Transportation, Military, and Environmental and Life Support Applications)

* Advanced Information Technology for DMSS (DataWarehousing and Data Mining; Intelligent Agents; Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, and Other Machine Learning ; Knowledge Based Simulation)

* Organizational & Development Issues of DMSS (DMSS System Design and Development Methodologies; DMSS Project Management, Measuring DMSS Effectiveness; Organizational and Management Impacts)

* Challenges & Future Trends (Barriers of Implementation, New Requirements for DMSS, Web-Based DMSS, New Models of Decision-Making, Inter-Organizational DMSS)

SUBMISION PROCEDURES Please submit electronically the chapter proposal to any of the co-editors. They can be reached at: mmorauaamx@netscape.net, mmorauaamx@visto.com (backup email account), forgionn@umbc.edu or jgupta@bsu.edu

CO-EDITORS: Manuel Mora, Dept. of Information Systems, UAA Guisseppi Forgionne, Information Systems Department, UMBC Jatinder Gupta, Department of Management, BSU ==================================================================

-- M.C. Manuel Mora T. Dept. of Information Systems Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes Ave. Universidad 940 Aguascalientes, AGS MEXICO 20100 tel (52)49108400 fax (52)49108401 http://lux.labinf.uaa.mx/~maestria __________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

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