The Transferable Belief Model is a powerful interpretation of belief function theory where decision making is based on the pignistic transform. Smets has proposed a generalization ...
Abstract: The paper analyzes features, roles and functions of shopbots, comparing them to nonvirtual intermediaries. The aim is to understand how they can support and optimize deci...
The goal of this paper is to explore the effects of synchronization on distributed decision making processes. In particular, we examine the dynamics of a spatially distributed mul...
Interactive dynamic influence diagrams (I-DIDs) are graphical models for sequential decision making in uncertain settings shared by other agents. Algorithms for solving I-DIDs fac...
While diffusion of innovation topics in economics and majority games in game theory have been widely studied, the impact of economy-of-scale effects in aggregated decision making ...
Recommender Systems belong to a class of systems intended to assist individuals make evaluations about entities in meaningful ways. In this paper we discuss the issues in the desi...
Purchasing decisions are often strongly influenced by people who the consumer knows and trusts. Moreover, many online shoppers tend to wait for the opinions of early adopters befo...
Oneof the central goals of knowledgediscovery in databases is to produceknowledgeuseful for decision making. However,the form in which knowledgecan be easily discovered is often d...
Intelligent user interfaces are characterised by their capability to adapt at run-time and make several communication decisions concerning ‘what’, ‘when’, ‘why’ and â€...
Virtual organisations within and across enterprise structures are becoming mature as a potentially effective means for goal oriented business teamwork. Among the plentyful of supp...