Decision Support News
D. J. Power, Editor
February 4, 2018 Vol. 19, No. 03
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1) Why is a person kept in the decision cycle?
2) Recent Decision Support News Headlines
3) Upcoming Decision Support Conferences/Call for Papers
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1) Why is a person kept in the decision cycle?
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by Daniel J. Power
Decision making using data and algorithms has inherent limitations. Decision automation and decision management approaches are designed and built by people. Keeping a knowledgeable, skilled and trained person as part of the decision making process can mitigate and reduce the harmful consequences from an automated decision system. A person may spot anomalous or incongruous inputs or results. A person may identify changes in a situation that make assumptions less relevant or even incorrect. A "smart" knowledgeable person benefits from a data-driven analysis, but continues to execute independent judgment. People can bring intuition and a broad understanding to a complex decision situation. The "best" human decision makers can act intentionally. In some situations, a human decision makers may even act intentionally to confuse or perhaps to respond randomly.
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2) Recent Decision Support Headlines
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02/01/2018 Call for Papers: Special issue Journal of Decision Systems on Cognitive Bias, Decision Styles and Risk Attitudes. Check release.
02/01/2018 Artificial Intelligence shakes-up financial technology sector (Fintech). Check release.
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3) Upcoming Decision Support Conferences
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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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