Decision-Making Methods: Applications and Perspectives, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 322
Editor
Interests: multiple criteria decision making methods; pairwise comparisons; ranking theory
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Despite intensive scientific development in many areas, such as cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, computer systems do not (and probably never will) make crucial decisions independently. Their actions result in inconclusive recommendations, often making many such proposals. Therefore, there remains much scope for developing decision-making methods that can combine and process expert knowledge from different sources.
In this Special Issue, we invite authors to submit papers reflecting on the future of decision-making methods from the perspective of advances in various computational techniques. In particular, topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Hybrid decision-making methods combining different techniques;
- Methods for calculating rankings based on different types of decision data;
- Novel applications of existing decision-making methods;
- Frameworks and software for decision making;
- Decision-making methods using machine learning and artificial intelligence;
- Security of the decision-making process, and resistance of methods to manipulation and fraud;
- Methods for reaching and developing consensus;
- Methods using pairwise comparisons of alternatives.
Dr. Konrad Kułakowski
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- decision-making methods
- machine learning
- artificial intelligence
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