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Decision Support News
D. J. Power, Editor
January 21, 2018             Vol. 19, No. 02


In this issue

1) What is required in an evidence-based decision process?
2) Recent Decision Support News Headlines
3) Upcoming Decision Support Conferences/Call for Papers


1) What is required in an evidence-based decision process?

by Daniel J. Power

Effective decision making is a well-worn concept, but specifically it refers to making decisions that result in attainment of desired goals relevant to an initial or original decision question. Ideally, an evidence-based decision process uses the best available facts in a structured thinking methodology that helps make choices to attain those relevant goals. An evidence-based decision process must be comprehensive, systematic and thoughtful. The process must elicit facts and evidence that is subsequently used to inform a reasoned choice among relevant alternatives.

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2) Recent Decision Support Headlines

01/18/2018 Artificial Intelligence Incubator Accelerator (AIIA) post launch update. Check release.

01/18/2018 New SAS® Data Preparation gets big data ready for analysis. Check release.

3) Upcoming Decision Support Conferences

1. ICDSST – PROMETHEE DAYS 2018, 4th International Conference on Decision Support System Technology – ICDSST 2018, 22 – 25 May 2018 – Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Check here.

2. 2018 Open Conference of IFIP WG 8.3 on Decision Support Systems, June 13, 2018 - June 15, 2018, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Check here.

3. ECIS 2018 Conference, June 23rd -28th, 2018, Portsmouth, UK. Check http://ecis2018.eu/.

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