"ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED DECISION SUPPORT APPLICATIONS"

As businesses everywhere raise the bar on performance, old reliable methods of decision making aren't enough to meet the challenge. New decision aids are being explored to help achieve business goals and support business strategies. Artificial intelligence (AI) is among the forefront of such innovations. A major trend in recent DSS research is the usage of AI based concepts and tools. AI tools and concepts lend themselves to the complexity of problems in the business domains. Decision processes and consequently outcomes in the business domain are characterized by varying dimensions of unstructuredness: information uncertainty, competing models, underlying assumptions etc. AI paradigms based on both symbolic as well as connectionist approaches are being applied in novel business applications resulting in dramatic improvements in the efficiency and effectiveness of decisions. Further, core IS areas such as group decision processes, information flow, technology diffusion, end-user learning and even process re-engineering are being understood better with AI concepts and models. The minitrack will be a forum for interaction and sharing of ideas among researchers interested in AI based decision support applications in the business domain.

Possible Topics may include the following:

• Classification Models, Forecasting
• Decision Processes
• Education and Delivery systems
• Classifier Systems
• Case Based Reasoning, Genetic Algorithms
• Neural Systems, Hybrid Systems
• Garbage Cans
• Physical Symbol Hypothesis
• Uncertainty Models (prospect theory)
• Cognitive Models of end-user based on representation
• Learning and adaptation such as SOAR, ACT- STAR
• Frame theory
• Semantic networks
• Artificial Adaptive Agents
• Spatial and Temporal Reasoning Critical Success Factors
• Chaos Theory
• Fuzzy Logic
• Experimental Evaluations
• Analysis of domain in which AI based models are appropriate
• Architectural Descriptions
• Simulations, Theoretical Foundations
• Philosophical Foundations (role of AI in DSS research) Development and Studying the impact of AI tools & usage experiences with AI based systems (could include technical, economic, social, behavioral impact).

Mini Track Co-Chairs