[Aust-NZ] FW: [SDI-AsiaPacific] Intelligent Spatial Decision Analysis ISDA '10 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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> Subject: [SDI-AsiaPacific] Intelligent Spatial Decision 
> Analysis ISDA '10
> 
> Intelligent Spatial Decision Analysis
> ISDA '10
>  http://www.unibas.it/utenti/murgante/isda_10/ISDA.html
> 
> in conjunction with
> 
> International Symposium on Intelligent Decision Technologies (IDT'10)
> 
> InnerHarbor, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 28-30 July 2010 
> http://idt-10.kesinternational.org/ 
> 
> <http://idt-10.kesinternational.org/> 
> 
> Workshop Description
> Within the study on decision-making essence and its links 
> with some strictly related concepts as evaluation and choice, 
> it is possible to state that whereas decision can be mostly 
> considered as a “political” process, evaluation mainly 
> includes technical issues, while choice induces both sides problems.
> 
> *	Evaluation concerns an initial phase of a cognitive 
> process and the decision terms of reference defining the 
> boundaries within which the entire process takes place and 
> the evaluation purposes are defined.
> *	Decision is a deliberative act which temporarily closes 
> a long and predominantly political process where the 
> relationship among individuals of a community (and therefore 
> among contrasting interests) needs to be regulated.
> *	Choice ends an evaluation process which aims to select 
> a decisional alternative among many ones, on the base of 
> different and often conflictual criteria and points of view. 
> So it reminds the necessity to screen and compare many 
> alternatives and to make a selection.
> 
> How does Information Technology application in spatial 
> analysis modify the way of making decisions? Decision Theory 
> based its fundamentals on limited sets of solution and 
> evaluation criteria for a long time, but the way of 
> describing spatial issues of governance, characters and 
> constraints of physical space shows a further complexity that 
> can not be described without the use of new methods, in order 
> to increase decision quality. Even if the core nature of 
> decision approach still remains the same, the number of 
> complexities connected within the process increases rapidly. 
> The interaction among evaluation methods, and the new 
> described complexity of the physical urban space create a new 
> era for spatial decision support involving several 
> disciplines, and domains of knowledge.
> 
> In relation to what above, a decision process necessarily 
> involves the existence of several social actors, usually 
> called “stakeholders”, contributing to the final choice 
> definition and enforcement; it is therefore important to 
> stress the distinction between decision making and decision 
> aiding, sometimes wrongly adopted as synonyms. While a 
> decision maker is the subject able, at the same time, to give 
> the knowledge and to have the responsibility to make a 
> choice, a decision aiding context involves the existence of 
> two distinctive subjects at least: the analyst (or a group of 
> them) aiding the decision via a deep scientific knowledge and 
> the client (public or private) to whom such support is 
> directed. Therefore, in the first case the following elements 
> are usually considered: a well defined set of possible 
> decisional alternatives, a well defined preference system 
> already clear in the decision maker mind and a correctly 
> formulated mathematical problem. A decision! aiding approach 
> implies a set of not necessary stable potential actions 
> compared on the base of n criteria able to reflect, under a 
> natural uncertainty, the social actor preferences; in this 
> case, then, a well formalized mathematical problem is quite 
> impossible. In this context Intelligent Spatial Analysis 
> Systems represent a fundamental support to decision making 
> processes in conformity with a double reading perspective:
> 
> 1.	they comprise a coherent set of methods and techniques 
> which enable to deepen the investigation on the scientific 
> aspect of decision making process, adopting several rigorous 
> tools and models belonging to different fields as machine 
> learning (i.e. cellular automata, multi-agent systems, 
> Bayesian networks, artificial neural networks, etc.), 
> geostatistics (i.e. kernel methods, kriging, support vector 
> machines, etc.), remote sensing, spatial data warehousing and 
> Spatial OLAP, and spatial data mining;
> 2.	they represent an innovative mean to enhance and 
> guarantee participation (i.e. spatial multicriteria decision 
> aiding, electronic meetings, focus groups, etc.), consensus 
> building and communicability consensus building and 
> communicability of decision making scenarios among 
> stakeholders, in order to reach a transparent and accepted 
> final choice.
> 
> The aim of the workshop is to investigate such connections 
> among disciplines, by theoretical debates and tales on case studies.
> 
> The programme committee especially requests high quality 
> submissions on the following Conference Themes :
> 
> *	Decision Support Theory;
> *	Spatial Multicriteria Decision Analysis;
> *	Spatial Rough Set;
> *	Spatial extension of Fuzzy Set theory;
> *	Ontologies for Spatial Analysis;
> *	Environmental data mining;
> *	Learning from geospatial data;
> *	Machine Learning and Geostatistics;
> *	Artificial neural networks;
> *	Web-based decision analysis tools;
> *	Wireless Sensor Networks for Spatial Apllications
> *	Ant-based Algorithms;
> *	Cellular automata;
> *	Bayesian reasoning;
> *	Statistical learning theory: support vector machines, 
> kernel methods;
> *	Remote sensing and remote sensed image processing;
> *	Geographical approach to risk analysis;
> *	Spatial Data warehousing foundations and architectures;
> *	Spatial Data extraction, cleaning, and loading;
> *	Spatial Multidimensional modeling and queries;
> *	Spatial OLAP visualization;
> *	New Spatial OLAP applications;
> *	Spatial OLAP as support for intelligent spatial 
> analysis (data mining, multi-criteria, etc...);
> *	Spatial data mining: algorithms and visualization;
> *	New spatial data mining applications;
> *	Coupling spatial data mining and Spatial OLAP;
> *	Geovisual analytics, geovisualisation, visual 
> exploratory data analysis;
> *	Visualisation and modelling of track data.
> 
> Authors Guideline
> Please adhere strictly to the formatting provided in the 
> template to prepare your paper and refrain from modifying it. 
> For formatting information, see the publisher's web site 
> (http://www.springer.com/authors/book+authors?SGWID=0-154102-1
2-417900-0).
> 
> Papers should not exceed 10 pages in Springer format. Papers 
> longer than this will be subject to an additional charge. 
> Shorter papers will be acceptable if they adequately convey 
> the material to be described, and are not so short as to be 
> trivial or lacking in depth.
> 
> Submission
> Papers for review for the conference must be submitted 
> electronically in PDF form using the PROSE online submission 
> and review system access.
> 
> You may submit a paper to “Intelligent Spatial Decision 
> Analysis” Session selecting the session from a drop-down box 
> when you submit the paper. Please ensure you select the 
> correct session.
> 
> If you wish to submit a paper to an Invited Session, and the 
> session is not shown on the drop-down box, please wait until 
> the session has been set up.
> 
> Once the paper has been submitted you may check its progress 
> by login in to the PROSE review system using the login 
> details you have been supplied with 
> (http://idt-10.kesinternational.org/prose.php). 
>  
> Proceedings
> Accepted papers will be published by prestigious publishing 
> house, Springer Verlag, as book chapters in a volume of their 
> Engineering Series and indexed in ISI conference 
> publications, EI, INSPEC, etc.
> 
> Outstanding papers will be invited to a submission in two 
> special issues:
> 
> *	Intelligent Decision Technologies Journal 
> (http://idt-journal.kesinternational.org/).
> *	Journal of Decision Systems (http://jds.revuesonline.com/).
> 
> Important dates
> 
> 2 March 2010: Deadline for full paper submission
> 22 March 2010: Notification of acceptance
> 19 April 2010: Deadline for Camera Ready Papers 28-30 July 
> 2010: ISDA '10 (IDT'10) Conference
> 
> Programme Committee
> 
> *	Beniamino Murgante, University of Basilicata, Italy
> *	Alessandra Lappucci, University of Pisa, Italy
> *	Sandro Bimonte, Research Centre on Tecnologies, 
> information systems and processes for agriculture (TSCF), 
> Clermont Ferrand, France
> *	Antonino Marvuglia, University College Cork, Ireland
> *	Carmelo Torre, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy
> *	Giuseppe Borruso, University of Trieste, Italy
> *	Gennady Andrienko, Fraunhofer Institute of Intelligent 
> Analysis and Information Systems, Germany
> *	Menno-Jan Kraak, International Institute for 
> Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation, University of 
> Twente , the Netherlands
> *	Karine Zeitouni, University of Versailles, France
> *	Jose Norberto Mazón López, University of Alicante, Spain
> *	Donato Malerba, University of Bari, Italy
> *	Sonia Rivest, Laval University, Canada
> *	Michele Ottomanelli, Department of Environmental 
> Engineering and Sustainable Development, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy
> *	Florence Le Ber, Ecole Nationale du Génie de l’Eau et 
> de l’Environnement de Strasbourg, France
> *	David C. Prosperi, Florida Atlantic University, Usa
> *	Stefania Bertazzon, University of Calgary, Canada
> *	Baris Kazar, Oracle Corporation, Usa
> *	Alex Hagen-Zanker, Department of Architecture, 
> University ofCambridge, UK
> *	Maria Cerreta, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
> *	Yong Ge, State Key Laboratory of Resources and 
> Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic 
> Sciences and Natural Resources Research, ChineseAcademy of Sciences
> *	Suzana Dragicevic, Department of Geography, 
> SimonFraserUniversity, Canada
> *	Arta Dilo, University of Twente, the Netherlands
> *	Zorica Nedovic-Budic, School of Geography, Planning & 
> Environmental Policy, UniversityCollegeDublin, Ireland
> *	Allan Brimicombe, Centre for Geo-Information Studies, 
> University of East London, UK
> *	Massimo Di Gangi, University of Messina, Italy
> *	Manfred Schrenk, Department for Urbanism, Transport, 
> Environment and Information Society, Central European 
> Institute of Technology, Austria
> *	Roberto De Lotto, University of Pavia, Italy
> *	Małgorzata Hanzl, Institute of Architecture and Urban 
> Planning, TechnicalUniversity of Lodz
> *	Fabio Luino, Research Institute for Geo-hydrological 
> Protection, National Research Council, Italy
> *	François Pinet, Research Centre on Tecnologies, 
> information systems and processes for agriculture (TSCF), 
> Clermont Ferrand, France
> *	Andrea Taramelli, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 
> Columbia University, Usa
> *	Lalan Kumar, Central Institute of Mining and Fuel 
> Research, India
> *	Nicoletta Gazzea, High Institute for Environmental 
> Protection and Research, ISPRA, Italy
> *	Michela Bertolotto, School of Computer Science & 
> Informatics, UniversityCollegeDublin , Ireland
> *	Grazia Concilio, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy
> *	Markus Wolff, Department of Geography, University of 
> Potsdam, Germany
> *	Nicola Masini, Archaeological and monumental heritage 
> institute, National Research Council, Italy
> *	Devis Tuia, Institute of Geomatics and Analysis of 
> Riske, Univeristy of Lausanne, Switzerland
> *	Giuseppe A. Trunfio, Department of Architecture and 
> Planning - University of Sassari, Italy
> *	Ivan Blecic, Department of Architecture and Planning, 
> University of Sassari, Italy
> *	Jérôme Gensel, Spatio-TEmporal information, 
> Adaptability, Multimedia and knowlEdge Representation 
> Laboratory (STEAMER), Grenoble, France
> *	Maria Danese, University of Basilicata, Italy
> *	Elke Moons, Transportation Research Institute, Hasselt 
> University, Belgium
> *	Paola Perchinunno, Department of Statistical Science, 
> University of Bari, Italy
> *	Christine Voiron-Canicio, University of Nice Sophia 
> Antipolis – CNRS – UMR ESPACE, France
> *	Rosa Lasaponara, Institute of Methodologies for 
> Environmental Analysis, National Research Council, Italy
> *	Pablo Vanegas, Centre for Industrial Management, 
> Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
> *	Massimiliano Petri, University of Pisa, Italy
> *	Bianca Schoen, School of Computer Science & 
> Informatics, UniversityCollegeDublin, Ireland
> *	Farid karimipour, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
> *	Shamim Akhter, National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan
> *	Luca Paolino, University of Salerno, Italy
> *	Urska Demsar, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland
> *	Maurizio Lazzari, Archaeological and monumental 
> heritage institute, National Research Council, Italy
> *	Dimos N. Pantazis, Technological Educational Institute 
> of Athens, Greece
> *	Bahaaeddin Alhaddad, Center of Land Policy and 
> Valuations, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
> *	Salvatore Manfreda, University of Basilicata, Italy
> *	Francesco Rotondo, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy
> *	Janusz Starczewski, Częstochowa University of Technology, Poland
> *	Pasquale Di Donato, University of Sapienza Roma, Italy
> *	Tao Cheng, Department of Civil, Environmental & 
> Geomatic Engineering , UniversityCollegeLondon, UK
> *	Christoph Aubrecht, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
> *	Belen Palop, University Valladolid, Spain
> *	Maurizio Gibin, School of Geography, BirkbeckCollege, 
> University of London, UK
> 
> 
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> Beniamino Murgante
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> Beniamino Murgante, PhD
> L.I.S.U.T. - D.A.P.I.T. - Facoltà di Ingegneria Università 
> degli Studi della Basilicata 10, Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano 
> 85100 - Potenza - Italy tel. +39-0971-205125 fax +39-0971-205185
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