and Electronic Commerce

The common thread of articles published in Decision Support Systems is their relevance to theoretical and technical issues in the support of enhanced decision making. The areas addressed may include foundations, functionality, interfaces, implementation, impacts, and evaluation of decision support systems (DSSs). Manuscripts may draw from diverse methods and methodologies, including those from decision theory, economics, econometrics, statistics, computer supported cooperative work, data base management, linguistics, management science, mathematical modeling, operations management, cognitive science, psychology, user interface management, and others. However, a manuscript focused on direct contributions to any of these related areas should be submitted to an outlet appropriate to the specific area.

Examples of research topics that would be appropriate for Decision Support Systems include the following:

1. DSS Foundations e.g. principles, concepts, and theories of enhanced decision making; formal languages and research methods enabling improvements in decision making. It is important that theory validation be carefully addressed.

2. DSS Functionality e.g. methods, tools, and techniques for developing the functional aspects of enhanced decision making; solver, model, and/or data management in DSSs; rule formulation and management in DSSs; DSS development and use in computer supported cooperative work, negotiation, research and product.

3. DSS Interfaces e.g. methods, tools, and techniques for designing and developing DSS interfaces; development, management, and presentation of knowledge in a DSS; coordination of a DSS's interface with its functionality.

4. DSS Implementation - experiences in DSS development and utilization; DSS management and updating; DSS instruction/training. A critical consideration must be how specific experiences provide more general implications.

5. DSS Evaluation and Impact e.g. evaluation metrics and processes; DSS impact on decision makers, organizational processes and performance.

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University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States
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University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, United States
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Copenhagen Business School Department of Digitalization, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
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University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
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University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
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University at Buffalo - The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States
Vicente Salas-Fumás
University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
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KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
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Virginia Tech University Bookstore, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
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Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
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KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
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Virginia Tech University Bookstore, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
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Monash University Faculty of Information Technology, Clayton, Australia
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University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States
Christy M.K. Cheung
Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tsan-Ming Choi
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Institute of Textiles and Clothing, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Alain Yee Loong Chong
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Daoud Clarke
University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
Kristof Coussement
IÉSEG School of Management, Lille, France
Dursun Delen
Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
Haluk Demirkan
University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington, United States
Jie Du
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, United States
Wenjing (Wendy) Duan
The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Flavius Frasincar, PhD
Erasmus University Rotterdam Department of Econometrics, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Zhiling Guo
Singapore Management University, Singapore, Singapore
Olli-Pekka Hilmola
LUT Kouvola Unit, KOUVOLA, Finland
C. Derrick Huang
Florida Atlantic University
Boris Jukic
Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, United States
Gary Miner
Hamline University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Vijay Mookerjee
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, United States
Norman Moore
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States
Shimon Y. Nof
Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis School of Engineering and Technology, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
David C. Novak
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States
Ram Pakath
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Selwyn Piramuthu
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
T.S. Raghu
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States
Ramesh Sankaranarayanan
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States
Georgios Sermpinis
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Benjamin Shao
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States
Olivia Sheng
The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
David Sundaram
The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, United States
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The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States
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Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Victoria Y. Yoon
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States
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University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States
Huimin Zhao
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
J. Leon Zhao
City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Xia Zhao
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States
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Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
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University of Bari, Bari, Italy
Denise Lindstrom Bandeira
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Long Island University, Brookville, New York, United States
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Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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University of Münster, Munster, Germany
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Rennes School of Business, Rennes, France
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Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, India
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University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
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University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States
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Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, United States
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The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
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University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK
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Oregon State University College of Business, Corvallis, Oregon, United States
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Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, United States
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University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States
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Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, United States
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Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States
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National Taipei University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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National Cheng Kung University, Department of Industrial and Information Management, Tainan, Taiwan
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Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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Delft University of Technology Faculty of Technology Policy and Management, Delft, Netherlands
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City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Centre for Study of Science Technology and Policy, Bangalore, India
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Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, United States
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Virginia Tech University Bookstore, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
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Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China
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University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain
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City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, United States
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National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
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Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, China
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University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
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University at Buffalo - The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States
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TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, Lubbock, Texas, United States
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University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States
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University of Kansas Medical Center School of Nursing, Kansas City, Kansas, United States
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Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
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University of Economics in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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Indian Institute of Management Indore, Indore, India
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University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States
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University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
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Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, Indiana, United States
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University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
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University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States
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University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States
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University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States
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Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, United States
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The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States
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University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
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University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, United States
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Alibaba-Intelligent Service Division, Beijing, China
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Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, United States
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Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States
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University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States
Chandrasekar Subramaniam
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
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Evidera Market Access Ltd, London, UK
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City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Manoj Tiwari
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Kharagpur, India
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National Central University, Jhongli, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Koashung City, Taiwan, ROC
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VUB University, Brussel, Belgium
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City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States
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University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States
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Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States
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East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Ing-Long Wu
National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan
Fang Yin
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States
Dong Yuan
Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Northumbria University Department of Computer Science and Digital Technologies, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
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University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
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Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States