Decision Support Systems and Qualitative Reasoning

Part I. Keynote Articles. Multiple Perspective Qualitative Reasoning and Dialog Generation and Management (A.P. Sage). Decision Technologies for Implementing Business Strategies in a Competitive Environment (M. Singh). Qualitative Reasoning from Different Aspects and Potential Applications to Decision Support Systems (L. Trave-Massuyes). Decision Theory and Autonomous Systems (J. Fox). Part II. Decision Support Systems. Decision Support Systems Methodology: A Simplified Model for Decision Making in Marketing Channels with some Qualitative Considerations (H.V. Machado, H.S. Hindi, M.G. Sing), Model Management for a Third Generation DSS (Y. Takahara, J. Iijima, N. Shiba, D. Li, P. Wattanapenpaiboon, J.C. Wu), New Generation Decision Aids for Pricing in Retail Banking (J.C. Bennavail), A Synergetic DSS for Support of Work-flow in an Analytical Environment (G. Mentzas, P. Capros). Conflict Analysis: Keynote Address - Conflict Analysis in Perspective (K.W. Hipel), Current Research in Data Verification (R. Avenhaus, B. von Stengel), Analyzing the Flathead River Resource Development Dispute using the Graph Model for Conflicts (D.M. Kilgour, L. Fang, K.W. Hipel), Topological Characterization of Common Knowledge - Some Extensions to the Game-Theoretical Model of the Knowledge Operator (J.L. Rulliere), Applications of a New Technology for Analyzing Conflict Situations (K.J. Radford). Decision Support Systems versus Expert Systems - Applications: Features of Art - A Senior Management Perspective (B.V. Ambrosiadou), Hyperchaotic Phenomena in Dynamic Decision Making (J.S. Thomsen, E. Modekilde, J.D. Sterman), Are Expert System Shells and Toolkits too General (S. Vadera, S. Nechab). Part III. Qualitative Reasoning. Qualitative Reasoning Techniques: Qualitative and Interval Algebras for Robust Decision Making under Uncertainty (S. Parsons, J. Fox), Loop Analysis for Qualitative Simulation (J.J. Dolado), Qualitative Reasoning and Applications to Dynamic Systems - A Bond Graph Approach (S. Xia, D.A. Linkens, S. Bennett), Conceptual Neighborhood and its role in Temporal and Spatial Reasoning (C. Fresksa). Qualitative Reasoning and Systems Theory: Qualitative Analysis of Dynamical System (J. Lunze), A Knowledge Representation Framework Integrating Qualitative Reasoning and State Space Modeling (E.A. Woods), Qualitative Model-Based Reasoning - An Application to Distillation Process (S. Feray-Beaumont), On-line Event Based Simulation through a Causal Graph (L. Leyval, S. Gentil), Disturbance Rejection Based on Fuzzy Models (M. de Neyer, R. Gorez, J. Barreto). Qualitative Reasoning and Explanation: Semantic Considerations of Order of Magnitude Reasoning (D. Dubois, H. Prade), Qualitative Reasoning and Argumentation - A Study of Some Affinities when Generating Causal Explanations (F. Cerbah, C. Fournier, P.Y. Raccah), Simulating and Explaining the Behavior of Physical Systems Described by Structural Equations (M.R.