IFIP Working Group 7.6 Workshop on Modelling and decision support for network-based services
September 1-3, 2008, Warsaw, Poland

Co-located with:
7^th International Conference on Decision Support for Telecommunications and Information Society.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Aims and Scopes
The aim of the Working Group 7.6 is to apply analytical and knowledge-driven modelling, optimization and multi-criteria analysis for solving real word problems using Web and network-based computing technologies.

Any methodological approach or combination of solution techniques, which solves real world problems successfully. The Working Group is focused on:

• Optimization, multi-criteria decision analysis and simulation
• Efficient use of databases, data mining and knowledge engineering in analytical modelling
• Implementation of knowledge-driven, grid-based, and service-oriented modelling systems

Application Domains:

• Special emphasis on the service industry (e.g., communications, logistics, healthcare)
• Environmental (e.g., climate, sustainable environments)
• Homeland security and emergency response
• Social sciences (e.g., risk management, social networks)

Topics for Workshop

• Service-based support of modelling
• Network-based decision support
• Knowledge science and engineering
• Application areas: supply chain management, traffic and transportation, telecommunications, health care, sustainable environments, emergency response, homeland security