Computer-supported collaborative decision-making

• Main Author: Filip, F. G. (Author)
• Other Authors: Zamfirescu, Constantin-Bălă (Editor), Ciurea, Cristian (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2016]
• Series: Automation, collaboration, & e-services ; v. 4.
• Subjects: Group decision making > Data processing.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319472218; 9783319472195
• ISSN: 2193-472X ;
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 216 pages) : illustrations

This is a book about how management and control decisions are made by persons who collaborate and possibly use the support of an information system. The decision is the result of human conscious activities aiming at choosing a course of action for attaining a certain objective (or a set of objective...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword; Preface; The Context of Writing the Book; The Book Goal; Material Organization; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Collaboration and Decision-Making in Context; 1.1 The Evolving Controlled Object; 1.1.1 The Enterprise as a Large-Scale System; 1.1.2 Adopted Terminology; 1.1.3 Classification; 1.2 From Hierarchical Control to Cooperative Schemes; 1.2.1 Hierarchical Systems Approach; 1.2.2 Towards Cooperative Schemes; 1.3 The Role of the Human in the System; 1.3.1 The Human in the Loop; 1.3.2 Allocation of Functions and Levels of Automation.
• 1.3.3 The Need for Effective Computer Supported Collaboration1.4 Towards Anthropocentric Information Systems; 1.4.1 Several Questions and Answers; 1.4.2 Attributes; 1.5 Decisions and Decision Units; 1.5.1 Definitions; 1.5.1.1 The Decision; 1.5.1.2 Decision Situations; 1.5.2 Possible Approaches; 1.5.2.1 The Bounded Rationality; 1.5.2.2 The Implicit Favourite; 1.5.2.3 Multiparticipant Decisions; 1.5.3 Multicriteria Decision Models; 1.5.3.1 Example; 1.5.3.2 Objectives and Criteria; 1.5.3.3 Evaluation Criteria or Evaluators?; 1.6 Notes and Comments; References; 2 Decision Support Systems.
• 2.1 Decisions and Decision-Makers2.1.1 Herbert Simon's Process Model of Decision-Making; 2.1.2 Limits and Constrains of Human Decision Makers; 2.1.3 Classes of Decision-Makers; 2.2 DSS Basic Concepts; 2.2.1 Definition and Characteristic Features; 2.2.2 DSS Technology; 2.2.2.1 Particular Subclasses; 2.2.2.2 Architecture; 2.2.3 A Special Case: Real-Time DSS for Control Applications; 2.3 DSS Subclasses; 2.3.1 Classification 1 (with Respect to Decision Maker Type); 2.3.2 Classification 2 (with Respect to Type of Support); 2.3.3 Classification 3 (with Respect to the Technological Orientation).
• 2.3.4 Special Cases2.3.4.1 Group Supporting Systems Versus Negotiation Support Systems; 2.3.4.2 Mixed Knowledge Systems; 2.4 DSS Construction; 2.4.1 Influence Factors; 2.4.1.1 People; 2.4.1.2 Orientation and Purpose; 2.4.1.3 Constraints and Standards; 2.4.2 Design and Implementation Approaches; 2.4.2.1 Technology Oriented or Work Centric; 2.4.2.2 The Prototype-Based Approach; 2.4.2.3 I & CT Products or Services?; 2.4.3 Selection of the I & CT Tools; 2.4.3.1 Criteria; 2.4.3.2 A Simple Collaborative Selection Algorithm; 2.4.4 Integration and Evaluation; 2.5 Notes and Comments; References.
• 3 Collaborative Activities and Methods3.1 Computer Supported Collaboration; 3.1.1 Collaboration, e-Collaboration and Collaborative Groups; 3.1.1.1 The Concept; 3.1.1.2 Subclasses; 3.1.2 Brief History of e-Collaboration; 3.1.2.1 Milestones in Computer Mediated Communication; 3.1.2.2 Decision Rooms; 3.1.2.3 GSS Software and Systems; 3.1.3 More About Group Support Systems; 3.1.4 Crowdsourcing-A Special Case of Collaboration; 3.2 Fundamentals of Social Choice; 3.2.1 Aggregating Individual Preferences ; 3.2.2 Voting Mechanisms; 3.2.2.1 Scoring Rules; 3.2.2.2 Condorcet Extensions.