KES2006: 10th International Conference on Knowledge-Based

Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems
October 9, 10 and 11, 2006, Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, U.K.

Call for Papers: Invited Session on "AI in Decision Making"

Topics

A new class of artificial intelligence techniques (AI) is revolutionalizing the support of decision making, especially under uncertain conditions by such means as coordinating data delivery, analyzing data trends, providing forecasts, developing data consistency, quantifying uncertainty, anticipating the user’s data needs, providing information to the user in the most appropriate forms, and suggesting courses of action.  This session will focus on artificial intelligence techniques and applications that can support decision making. Papers are encouraged that explore advances in methods such as intelligent agents and fuzzy logic that can be utilized in decision making support.  Papers that explore the treatment of uncertainty are especially of interest to this session.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Decision support for real-time and stressful decision problems
• Agents used to reduce information overload, enable up-to-date information, and provide a dynamic response
• Techniques for incorporating agents in decision making support systems
• Psychological processes underlying real-time and stressful decision-making and support
• Agent communication required for decision support
• Methods of dealing with uncertainty in decision problems
• User trust of agent technology in decision support
• Use of agents to communicate with the user during decision support
• Applications in information retrieval for decision support
• Agents used in military applications of decision support

Both theoretical papers and papers describing practical experiences will be welcome.

Instructions for Authors

Please note that the required paper length is eight pages in Springer format. Papers longer than this will be subject to a penalty charge. Papers very much longer or shorter than the required length may be rejected. To ensure high quality, all papers will be thoroughly reviewed by the KES2006 Programme Committee. All papers for KES2006 must be submitted in electronic form using the software review system on the KES site at http://kes2006.kesinternational.org/index.php.

All oral and poster papers must be presented by one of the authors who must register for the conference and pay the fee. Authors are not encouraged to submit multiple papers, and authors will be restricted to one paper per registration.

Publication

The Conference Proceedings will be published and distributed by a major publisher, Springer-Verlag. Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for publication in the International Journal of Knowledge-Based Intelligent Engineering Systems, www.bton.ac.uk/kes/journal/

Important Dates
Submission of papers: 1 February 2006
Notification of acceptance: 1 April 2006
Final papers to be received by: 1 May 2006

Contact Details
Session Co-Chair: Dr Gloria Phillips-Wren
Department of Information Systems and Operations Management
Loyola College in Maryland, 4501 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210 USA
Phone: 410 617 5470
Fax: 410 617 2006
gwren@loyola.edu

Session Co-Chairs: Nikhil Ichalkaranje and Dr. Lakhmi Jain 

University of South Australia

School of Electrical and Information Engineering
Adelaide
Mawson Lakes Campus
South Australia SA 5095
Australia

Lakhmi.Jain@unisa.edu.au