Subject: CfP: GDN 2006 in Karlsruhe
From: "Christof Weinhardt" 
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:32:40 -0500


CALL FOR PAPERS

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               GROUP DECISION AND NEGOTIATION
                      June 25–28, 2006
              University of Karlsruhe, Germany

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                 Joint conference of the
  INFORMS section on Group Decision and Negotiation and the
      EURO Working Group on Decision Support Systems

                 http://www.gdn2006.org

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GDN 2006 aims to bring together researchers in the area of Group Decision Support, Group
Support Systems, Negotiation and Negotiation Support Systems. The conference is open to
practitioners and academics from all over the world.

GDN 2006 encourages young researchers to present their work at the conference. There will
be a special track for work in progress giving Ph.D. students the opportunity to discuss
their research proposals with experienced researchers and fellow students. In addition,
the conference awards the best paper exclusively written by doctoral candidates or
students.

The conference language is English.

GDN 2006 calls for submissions relating, but not restricted, to the
following topics: 

* Technological Foundations of GSS/NSS, as 
     * Distributed GSS/NSS 
     * DSS/NSS and the Internet 
     * AI methods in GSS/NSS 
     * Multi-agent systems 
     * E-negotiation systems 
     * Design approaches for collaborative systems

* Methodological Foundations of Group Decisions and Negotiations, as
     * Game theory
     * Social Choice theory
     * Bargaining theory
     * Knowledge management
     * E-negotiation systems
     * Protocols and processes of GDN

* Behavioral Aspects of Group Decisions and Negotiations
     * Cross-cultural and international Group Decisions and Negotiations
     * Impact, adoption and evaluation of GSS/NSS
     * Language and creativity in GDN
     * Facilitation support

* Application of GSS/NSS in
     * Business
     * Policy
     * Education
     * Environment protection

Conference Web Site: http://www.gdn2006.org