| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 216 pages) : illustrations |
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Automation, collaboration, & e-services, 2193-472X ; volume 4 |
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Automation, collaboration, & e-services ; v. 4.
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| Contents |
Foreword; Preface; The Context of Writing the Book; The Book Goal; Material Organization; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Collaboration and Decision-Making in Context; 1.1 The Evolving Controlled Object; 1.1.1 The Enterprise as a Large-Scale System; 1.1.2 Adopted Terminology; 1.1.3 Classification; 1.2 From Hierarchical Control to Cooperative Schemes; 1.2.1 Hierarchical Systems Approach; 1.2.2 Towards Cooperative Schemes; 1.3 The Role of the Human in the System; 1.3.1 The Human in the Loop; 1.3.2 Allocation of Functions and Levels of Automation |
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1.3.3 The Need for Effective Computer Supported Collaboration1.4 Towards Anthropocentric Information Systems; 1.4.1 Several Questions and Answers; 1.4.2 Attributes; 1.5 Decisions and Decision Units; 1.5.1 Definitions; 1.5.1.1 The Decision; 1.5.1.2 Decision Situations; 1.5.2 Possible Approaches; 1.5.2.1 The Bounded Rationality; 1.5.2.2 The Implicit Favourite; 1.5.2.3 Multiparticipant Decisions; 1.5.3 Multicriteria Decision Models; 1.5.3.1 Example; 1.5.3.2 Objectives and Criteria; 1.5.3.3 Evaluation Criteria or Evaluators?; 1.6 Notes and Comments; References; 2 Decision Support Systems |
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2.1 Decisions and Decision-Makers2.1.1 Herbert Simon's Process Model of Decision-Making; 2.1.2 Limits and Constrains of Human Decision Makers; 2.1.3 Classes of Decision-Makers; 2.2 DSS Basic Concepts; 2.2.1 Definition and Characteristic Features; 2.2.2 DSS Technology; 2.2.2.1 Particular Subclasses; 2.2.2.2 Architecture; 2.2.3 A Special Case: Real-Time DSS for Control Applications; 2.3 DSS Subclasses; 2.3.1 Classification 1 (with Respect to Decision Maker Type); 2.3.2 Classification 2 (with Respect to Type of Support); 2.3.3 Classification 3 (with Respect to the Technological Orientation) |
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2.3.4 Special Cases2.3.4.1 Group Supporting Systems Versus Negotiation Support Systems; 2.3.4.2 Mixed Knowledge Systems; 2.4 DSS Construction; 2.4.1 Influence Factors; 2.4.1.1 People; 2.4.1.2 Orientation and Purpose; 2.4.1.3 Constraints and Standards; 2.4.2 Design and Implementation Approaches; 2.4.2.1 Technology Oriented or Work Centric; 2.4.2.2 The Prototype-Based Approach; 2.4.2.3 I & CT Products or Services?; 2.4.3 Selection of the I & CT Tools; 2.4.3.1 Criteria; 2.4.3.2 A Simple Collaborative Selection Algorithm; 2.4.4 Integration and Evaluation; 2.5 Notes and Comments; References |
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3 Collaborative Activities and Methods3.1 Computer Supported Collaboration; 3.1.1 Collaboration, e-Collaboration and Collaborative Groups; 3.1.1.1 The Concept; 3.1.1.2 Subclasses; 3.1.2 Brief History of e-Collaboration; 3.1.2.1 Milestones in Computer Mediated Communication; 3.1.2.2 Decision Rooms; 3.1.2.3 GSS Software and Systems; 3.1.3 More About Group Support Systems; 3.1.4 Crowdsourcing-A Special Case of Collaboration; 3.2 Fundamentals of Social Choice; 3.2.1 Aggregating Individual Preferences ; 3.2.2 Voting Mechanisms; 3.2.2.1 Scoring Rules; 3.2.2.2 Condorcet Extensions |
| Summary |
This is a book about how management and control decisions are made by persons who collaborate and possibly use the support of an information system. The decision is the result of human conscious activities aiming at choosing a course of action for attaining a certain objective (or a set of objectives). The act of collaboration implies that several entities who work together and share responsibilities to jointly plan, implement and evaluate a program of activities to achieve the common goals. The book is intended to present a balanced view of the domain to include both well-established concepts and a selection of new results in the domains of methods and key technologies. It is meant to answer several questions, such as: a) "How are evolving the business models towards the ever more collaborative schemes?"; b) "What is the role of the decision-maker in the new context?" c) "What are the basic attributes and trends in the domain of decision-supporting information systems?"; d) "Which are the basic methods to aggregate the individual preferences?" e)"What is the impact of modern information and communication technologies on the design and usage of decision support systems for groups of people?" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 4, 2016) |
| Subject |
Group decision making -- Data processing
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Artificial intelligence.
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Operational research.
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Robotics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
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Group decision making -- Data processing
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zamfirescu, Constantin-Bălă, editor
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Ciurea, Cristian, editor
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| ISBN |
9783319472218 |
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3319472216 |
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