Research Catalog

Title

Co-oP : a group decision support system for cooperative multiple criteria group decision making / Tung X. Bui.

Author

Bui, Tung X., 1953-

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, ©1987.

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Details

Description

xiii, 250 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

This book proposes an approach to analyzing, designing and implementing Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS). The experience gained in developing a concrete system, Co-oP, suggests that GDSS should be distributed, loosely-coupled and process-driven. A distributed and loosely-coupled GDSS architecture provides autonomy and flexibility for individual decision-making, and homogeneity and simplicity for group problem solving. Also, process-driven GDSS are able to deal with the unpredictable nature of group problems since collective decision processes have been shown to be the only elements in a GDSS that are (i) stable enough to fit into most collective problems, (ii) reasonably structurable to be implementable, and (iii) sufficiently controllable to guarantee appropriate use. From a Multiple Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) viewpoint, this book supports the integrated use of various MCDM methods to help a GDSS (i) support a wide range of decision situations, (ii) attenuate the difficulty of information search, (iii) allow division of decision-making tasks, and (iv) permit consensus seeking analysis. Co-oP runs on a network of individual workstations. It contains a set of MCDM methods, techniques of aggregation of preferences, and a consensus seeking algorithm to support negotiation. Electronic communication among group members is monitored by a group norm filter which is adaptable to a large number of collective decision situations. This book also reports some empirical evaluations of Co-oP and expands the proposed approach to non-cooperation and organizational decision-making.

Series Statement

Lecture notes in computer science ; 290

Uniform Title

Lecture notes in computer science ; 290.

Subject

• Decision support systems
• Decision making
• Decision Support Systems, Management
• Decision Making
• decision making
• Decision making
• Decision support systems
• Mehrfache Zielsetzung
• Gruppenentscheidung
• Groepsbesluitvorming
• Interactieve computerprogramma's
• Prise de décision > Modèles mathématiques

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [221]-243.

Contents

Definition of terms and context of the design study -- Review of prior related research: A DSS engineering perspective -- The functions and roles of DSS in group decision-making -- Design issues for the GDSS model component -- Design issues for the GDSS dialogue component -- Communications design in GDSS -- Co-oP system architecture and software components -- Evaluation issues for GDSS -- Face-to-face GDSS versus distributed GDSS: Some empirical evidence -- Non-cooperation in GDSS -- GDSS design for organizational decision-making -- Conclusions.

ISBN

• 0387187537
• 9780387187532
• 3540187537
• 9783540187530

LCCN

87035706

OCLC

• ocm17300371
• 17300371
• SCSB-9126357

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library