<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><div><div>CALL FOR PAPERS</div><div>Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-47)</div><div>January 6-9, 2014 (Monday-Thursday)</div><div>Hilton Waikoloa, Big Island, Hawaii, USA</div><div>DECISION ANALYTICS, MOBILE SERVICES AND SERVICE SCIENCE</div><div>Minitrack: Multi-criteria Decision Support</div><div><br></div><div>Most decisions are based on multiple criteria, pursuing multiple, often conflicting objectives. The field of multi-criteria decision-making deals with theory and solution approaches directly involving multiple decision criteria. This minitrack solicits papers dealing with decision support for all types of multi-criteria decision problems. The common thread is the explicit consideration of multiple decision criteria.</div><div><br></div><div>Possible topics for this minitrack may include, but are not limited to:</div><div>* Success factors for MCDSS</div><div>* The role of the decision-maker in effective multi-criteria decision support</div><div>* Case studies of multi-criteria decision support</div><div>* Design of technology for specific aspects or phases of multi-criteria decision support</div><div>* Decision support for project selection</div><div>* Decision support for specific applications domains (e.g. health care)</div><div>* Classifications of decision problems and solution technology</div><div>* Tools and techniques for multi-criteria portfolio selection</div><div>* Solution approaches to special types of decision problems involving conflicting objectives</div><div>* Quality and types of data in multi-criteria decision support</div><div><br></div><div>Minitrack Co-Chairs:</div><div><br></div><div>H. Roland Weistroffer</div><div>Virginia Commonwealth U. School of Business Snead Hall, PO Box 844000</div><div>Richmond, VA 23284-4000, USA</div><div>Phone: +1.804.828.7118</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:hrweistr@vcu.edu">hrweistr@vcu.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div>Jyrki Wallenius</div><div>Aalto University School of Business</div><div>PO Box 11000</div><div>00076 Aalto, Finland</div><div>Phone: +358.9.47001</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:Jyrki.Wallenius@aalto.fi">Jyrki.Wallenius@aalto.fi</a></div><div><br></div><div>How to Submit a Paper:</div><div>Follow Author Instructions posted on the conference web site </div><div><a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm">http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div>HICSS papers must contain original material. They may not have been previously published, nor currently submitted elsewhere.</div><div><br></div><div>Important Dates: </div><div>June 15, 2013 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Submit full manuscripts for review as instructed</div><div>August 15, 2013 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Acceptance notices to authors</div><div>September 15, 2013<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Final paper versions due </div><div>October 15, 2013 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Author registration deadline (at least one author must register)</div><div>January 6-9, 2014<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Conference</div><div><br></div></div></div><div style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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