Special issue on “Mind and Cognition in the Future of Decision Support Systems”

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/itor.12838
• Date: 01 November 2020
• Published date: 01 November 2020

Intl. Trans. in Op. Res. 27 (2020) 3180–3181

DOI: 10.1111/itor.12838

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Special issue on “Mind and Cognition in the Future

of Decision Support Systems”

Guest Editors

José María Moreno-Jiménezaand Luis G. Vargasb

aUniversity of Zaragoza, Spain

bUniversity of Pittsburgh, USA

Decision making is an inherent and essential characteristic of human beings that reflects their de-

gree of evolution, knowledge and freedom. Until the mid-1970s, scientific decision making focused

on the Product (the decision itself). For the next 20 years, it focused on the Process (decisional

process). Since the end of the 20th century, it has focused on ‘the third P’, the Person (learning and

education of the individual and the systems).

Decision Support Systems (DSS), understood as information systems that interactively support

the decision-making process of individuals and groups in life, public, and private organizations, and

other entities, have traditionally been used to help make better decisions in the resolution of highly

complex problems (structured, semi-structured, and unstructured). These problems are character-

ized by the existence of multiple actors, scenarios, and criteria, both tangible and intangible.

The Knowledge Society is a space oriented to the talent, intelligence, imagination, and creativity

of the human being. Aided by the development of Information and Communication Technology,

the future DSS should incorporate: (i) the interdependence and interrelationships among factors

and actors, respectively (a holistic vision of reality); (ii) the collaborative readiness of the actors

(aptitude and attitude) in the resolution process and the conjoint construction of a better world (in-

dividual and social training and education); and (iii) the importance of the human factor: the explicit

consideration of the intangible, subjective, and emotional.

This special issue welcomes articles on methodological, technological, and practical develop-

ments and tools, associated with the incorporation into DSS of those aspects related to the influ-

ence of mind (e.g., virtual and augmented reality, perception, visual data analysis, mood, emotions,

personality, attitude, and motivation) and cognition (e.g., preferences, arguments that support de-

cision making, graphical visualization) in decision-making processes.

The deadline for submissions is July 31, 2020. We encourage authors who will present their work

at the EWG-DSS 6th ICDSST 2020 “Cognitive Decision Support Systems and Technologies” to

be held at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Zaragoza, Spain, from May 27 to 29, 2020, to

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