[AISWorld] CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS: Maximizing Global Business Performance through Intelligent Decision Support

[Zakariya Belkhamza]

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS
Proposal Submission Deadline: June 15, 2013
Maximizing Global Business Performance through Intelligent Decision Support
A book edited by Zakariya Belkhamza (Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia)
 
To be published by IGI Global: http://bit.ly/1b9AJJD
            
For release in the Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics (ABISA) Book Series.
 
The Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics (ABISA) Book Series aims to present diverse and timely research in the development, deployment, and management of business information systems and business analytics for continued organizational development and improved business value.
 
Introduction
The decision making is a crucial process for professionals and businessman in the global markets. Many types of decisions now need complex and critical investigation and analysis using the most advanced recent techniques and technologies, especially in the current dynamic and uncertain markets where many factors are involved in this process. Choosing the right strategy and making the correct decision is an optimal objective for any professional who is faced everyday by the challenges of the unstable market forces and factors. The use of decision support and intelligent systems became recently essential technological tools to support the discussion making process, solve the ongoing problems in the daily business activities, and provide efficient and effective business solutions for strategies and business owners and decision makers. However, the integration and the use of these systems in
the decision making process still require investigation and research, especially with the non-ending development and advancement of these techniques and technologies.
 
Objective of the Book
 
It is hoped that this book will assist in bridging the gap between decision system developers and designers and business professionals, by assisting the system designers to understand the needs of the practitioners in the global market, as well as to facilitate the use of these systems by the business practitioners in order to achieve their competitive advantages in the international market.  
 
Target Audience
The book is written for researchers, and students in decision support systems and related fields. The book will also be important to business professionals, global practitioners who are involved in the decision making.
 
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
 
·         Artificial Intelligence in decision making
·         Predictive analysis
·         Decision support systems 
·         Strategic decision making technologies
·         Techniques and system applications for managerial decisions
·         Statistical forecasting techniques and decision making
·         Judgment business forecasting
·         Fuzzy intervention analysis
·         Business intelligence system
·         Decision and Risk Analysis
·         Multi-Objective Decision Analysis
·         Optimization in decision making
·         The use of Data Mining in decision making
·         Cloud based decision support systems
·         Online analytical processing systems
·         Automated negotiation strategies
·         Agent-based negotiation 
·         Big data analytics
 
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before June 15, 2013, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by July 15, 2014. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.
 
Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2014.
 
Important Dates
June 15, 2013: Proposal Submission Deadline
July 15, 2014: Full Chapter Submission
July 30, 2014:   Review Results Returned
August 30, 2014: Final Chapter Submission
September 30, 2014: Final Deadline
 
 
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically(Word document) or by mail to:Dr. Zakariya Belkhamza
School of Business and Economics
Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu Sabah, Malaysia
E-mail: zakariya at ums.edu.my




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