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

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/itor.12792
• Date: 01 September 2020
• Published date: 01 September 2020

Intl. Trans. in Op. Res. 27 (2020) 2687–2688

DOI: 10.1111/itor.12792

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Special issue on “Mind and Cognition in the Future

of Decision Support Systems”

Guest Editors

Jos ´

e Mar´

ıa Moreno-Jim´

enezaand 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 degree

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

the Product (the decision itself). Forthe 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

characterized by the existence of multipleactors, 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 Informationand 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(individual 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 developments

and tools, associated with the incorporation into DSS of those aspects related to the influence

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

decision 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

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