MCDM 2009 - The 9th International Workshop on Meta-synthesis and Complex Systems -the 20th International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision making

The 9th International Workshop on Meta-synthesis and Complex Systems
Chengdu/Jiuzhaigou, China
June 21-26, 2009
Welcome
The International Workshop on Meta-Synthesis and Complex Systems is formerly as a Sino-Japan
workshop to facilitate the exchanges between Chinese and Japanese scholars in the field of systems
science and complex problem solving. After successful MCS¡¡?2001(Beijing), MCS¡¡?2002 (Shanghai,
together with KSS¡¡?2002), MCS¡¡?2003 (Guangzhou, together with KSS¡¡?2003), MCS¡¡?2004(Beijing),
MCS¡¡?2005(Kobe, one workshop of IFSR¡¡?2005), MCS¡¡?2006 (Beijing, together with KSS¡¡?2006),
MCS¡¡?2007 (Beijing, a registered workshop of ICCS¡¡?2007) and MCS¡¡?2008 (Singapore, a special track at
IEEE SMC¡¡?2008), MCS serial workshops gained so much attention worldwide.
Studies on complex systems have been greatly developed in recent years, as traditional reductionism
methods are inappropriate or not enough to deal with the complex system modeling which have already
been realized along the system rethinking tide since the end of 1970s. Complexity is regarded as one of
most salient features and concerning topics among those complex or ill-structured problems for which
people engage in exploring effective methods. Meta-synthesis system approach is one of them. It absorbs
ideas from many disciplines and methods such as meta-analysis, and aims to take advantages of machines
(in quantitative intelligence) and humans (in qualitative intelligence) to solve those complex or
ill-structured problems. The word meta-synthesis is not limited to a system approach proposed by Chinese
scientists, but also used by researchers from other domains, such as education, health care and some other
social sciences research among western scholars. Thus, worldwide exchanges will facilitate the fusion of
diverse ideas. More foci had been put as computational approaches have been greatly enhanced to explore
knowledge-related technologies have also been widely applied to mine more hidden patterns, tacit
meanings from humans, which thus brings out many new foci on diverse topics, such as agent-based
modeling about social problems, knowledge network, consensus and convergence technologies, etc.
MCS¡¡?2009 will be continuously held to provide opportunities for those researchers who are interested in
systems sciences, complex problem solving and advanced modeling, meta-synthesis, artificial life,
knowledge-oriented technology and integration, decision sciences and supporting technologies, etc. with
the to facilitate interdisciplinary studies by joining the 20th International Conference on Multi-Criteria
Decision Making (MCDM¡¡?2009) in Chengdu/Jiuzhaigou in June of 2009.
In consideration of the topics, scopes, paper quality improvement, and increasing participants, especially
MCS appeals more young people, the adoption of MCS as one part of MCDM¡¡?2009 will bring new views
or new problems about system modeling and complex problem solving especially during the unstructured
social problem solving to MCDM. Also MCS workshop will also be benefited from a much wider
community and exchanges. We hope to see a growing community to distribute new ideas and latest
research results on effective concepts, methodologies and advanced tools to tackle those wicked problems
and to explore next-generation tools for complex system modeling and human decision making. Joining
MCDM¡¡?2009 will help MCS workshop to intensify the research on MCDM practically applied into the
meta-synthesis and complex problem solving studies, such as exploring new or implementing available
consensus technologies into meta-synthesis system enabled by Web 2.0 technologies.
Scope
The presentations and papers at KSS2006 are expected to cover but not limited to the following areas:
¡§C AI and fuzzy systems
¡§C Chance Discovery
¡§C Complex System Modeling and Complexity
¡§C Consensus methods and technologies
¡§C Creation of agent-based social systems sciences
¡§C Decision support systems
¡§C Knowledge creation: creativity support, awareness support, etc.
¡§C Knowledge discovery: data mining, text mining, and Web intelligence tools
¡§C Knowledge systems engineering
¡§C Meta-synthesis and advanced modeling
¡§C Social network analysis and knowledge management
¡§C Systems methodologies
¡§C etc.
Important Dates
December 15, 2008 Submission of full-length paper
January 5, 2009 Notification of acceptance
January 31, 2009 Final camera-ready paper
January 31, 2009 Early registration opens
March 10, 2009 Early registration closes
If you just want to attend the workshop with no full-length paper, you are also welcome to submit
an abstract before February 28, 2009. We will review the contents and send Notification of acceptance
on March 31, 2009. Presentations will be arranged for the authors of the accepted abstracts at the
formal schedule of the workshop.
Submission and Publications
Detailed paper format instructions are provided on the MCDM¡¡?2009 web site
http://www.mcdm2009.cn/default.html. All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Paper
uploading will soon be ready at http://msks.iss.ac.cn:8080/mcs2009/. Early birds are also welcome to
send your papers directly to xjtang-AT-amss.ac.cn (Subject: mcs09 paper)
All accepted papers will be published in one proceeding by Springer¡¡?s Lecture Notes in Economics
and Mathematical Systems. After the workshop, selected papers will be recommended to Journal of
Systems Science and Systems Engineering (SCI-E, EI), Journal of Systems Science and Complexity
(SCI-E, EI), International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science (an ISKSS journal) and other SCI
journals recommended by MCDM¡¡?2009 as we normally have done during past MCS workshops.
MCS¡¡?2009 Program Committee
Honorable Chairs:
Gu, Jifa (Institute of Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Nakamori, Yoshiteru (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
Wang, Huanchen (Shanghai Jiaotong University, China)
Yu, Jingyuan (Beijing Institute of Information and Control, China)
Acting Chairs:
Tang, Xijin (Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Zhou, Xiaoji (Beijing Institute of Information and Control, China)
Members:
Bai, Guohua (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Brugha, Cathal M. (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Che, Hongan (University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China)
Chen, Jian (Tsinghua University, China)
Di, Zengru (Beijing Normal University, China)
Fang, Fukang (Beijing Normal University, China)
Guo, Lei (Academy of Mathematics & Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Kijima, Kyoichi (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Liu, Yuanzhang (Academy of Mathematics & Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Lu, Yuchang (Tsinghua University, China)
Midgley, Gerald (Institute of Environmental Science and Research, New Zealand)
Makowski, Marek (International Institute for Applied System Analysis, Austria)
Ohsawa, Yukio (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Ryoke, Mina (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
Shen, Huizhang (Shanghai Jiaotong University, China)
Shi,Yong (Research Center on Fictitious Economy and Data Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
China & University of Nebraska-Omaha, USA)
Sun, Jiantao (Microsoft Research Asia)
Ulieru, Mihaela (University of New Brunswick, Canada)
Wallner, Fritz (University of Vienna, Austria)
Wang, Haibo (Texas A&M International University, USA)
Wang, Shouyang (Institute of Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Wang, Zhongtuo (Dalian University of Technology and Chinese Academy of Engineering, China)
Wei, Cuiping (Qufu Normal University, China)
Wei, Yiming (Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Yang, Jianmei (South China University of Technology, China)
Yoshida, Taketoshi (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
Zhang, Minjie (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Zhang, Pengzhu (Shanghai Jiaotong University, China)
Co-Sponsors
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
International Society of Knowledge and Systems Science
Shanghai Academy of Systems Science
IEEE SMC Beijing Chapter
Systems Engineering Society of China
Complexity Research Council of Chinese Society of OPEM
If you have further inquiries, please contact Dr. Xijin TANG via xjtang-AT-amss.ac.cn (Subject: mcs09).