DSS News
D. J. Power, Editor
April 29, 2012 Vol. 13, No. 9
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1) Can computerized decision support reduce information asymmetry?
2) Recent DSS News Headlines
3) Upcoming DSS Conferences/Call for Papers
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Can computerized decision support reduce information asymmetry?
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by Dan Power
Editor, DSSResources.com
In multiparty decision situations, one party often has better
information than another. These situations commonly involve a
purchase/sales transaction or a principal agent situation where
a person acts on behalf of another and the principal attempts to
monitor and control the agent. Information symmetry means all
parties in a decision situation have the same information. Information
asymmetry involves decisions in transactions where one party has
more or better information. Providing complete information symmetry
or what has been called "transparency" is probably impossible, but
the goal is often to strive for transparency and information
symmetry. Supposedly with the same information, the decisions of
the parties will be better.
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2) Recent DSS News Headlines
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04/27/2012 Leicester Tigers rugby team deploys predictive analytics from IBM to reduce injury number and severity. Check release.
04/24/2012 Velcom increases its revenue growth with Teradata Revenue Assurance Solution. Check release.
04/24/2012 Falcon Insurance selects 4Sight Business Intelligence for property and casualty. Check release.
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3) Upcoming DSS Conferences/Call for Papers
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1. Call for IS/T book proposals.
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2. DSS’2012 – 16th IFIP WG8.3 International
Conference on Decision Support Systems, Anávissos, Greece,
June 28-30 2012.
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3. 20th European Conference on
Information Systems (ECIS 2012), Track: "Business
Intelligence and Knowledge Management", Barcelona,
Spain June 10-13, 2012.
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4. Call for papers: Decision models and social
commerce, submission deadline July 1, 2012.
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