From: dmittleman@misvax.mis.arizona.edu (Daniel Mittleman)
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Subject: TIMS Group Decision and Negotiation Electronic Newsletter 2.2
Date: 1 Oct 92 02:19:00 GMT
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        TIMS College on Group Decision and Negotiation Newsletter
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Vol. 2 No. 2                                                    Fall 1992

Contents of this newsletter:
1. GD&N Business and Social Meeting in San Francisco
2. The Evolving Frontier: Double Panel Session in San Francisco
3. GD&N Program in San Francisco
4. Call for Papers - Chicago!
5. Future TIMS/ORSA Meetings - Plan your calendar
6. Group Decision and Negotiation Journal 
7. Contact and membership information

1. GD&N Business and Social Meeting in San Francisco
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The Group Decision & Negotiation College will be holding its business and
social meeting from 5:45 to 6:45pm in the Sausalito B room of the Hilton
Hotel on Tuesday, November 3, 1992.  Everyone attending the TIMS/ORSA
meetings is welcome to join us at this event.  We encourage you to come by
to meet and talk with others who you likely will recognize from their
attendance at the same GD&N sessions you are attending.  This is a good
chance to get to know colleagues in an informal setting.


2. The Evolving Frontier: Double Panel Session in San Francisco
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The TIMS College on Group Decision & Negotiation is sponsoring a double
panel called "Group Decision and Negotiation: The Evolving Frontier" Monday
afternoon November 1 at 1:15pm in the Monterey A room of the San Francisco
Hilton.

This panel will discuss evolving approaches to group decision and
negotiation.  Topics include group decision and negotiation support
systems, artificial intelligence approaches, management science methods,
game theory, social choice, cognitive/behavioral sciences, empirical
studies, practical considerations and requirements, etc.  Audience
participation in the discussion will be encouraged and appreciated.


3. GD&N Program in San Francisco
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The following is the complete San Francisco TIMS/ORSA program of the Group
Decision & Negotiation track.  

                             SESSION #1

SESSION TITLE:  "Panel: Group Decision and Negotiation: The Evolving
Frontier (Part 1)"

CHAIR:  Melvin F. Shakun, Leonard N. Stern, School of Business,
        New York University, 90 Trinity Place, New York, NY
        (mshakun@rnd.stern.nyu.edu)

   Panelists:
   Tung Bui, Naval Postgraduate School (3867p@navpgs.bitnet) 
   Kalyan Chatterjee, Pennsylvania State University (kic@psuvm.bitnet)
   Gregory Kersten, Carleton University (gregory_kersten@carleton.ca)
   Gregory Northcraft, University of Arizona
   Jay Nunamaker, University of Arizona (nunamaker@mis.arizona.edu)
   Melvin F. Shakun, New York University (mshakun@rnd.stern.nyu.edu)

                             SESSION #2

SESSION TITLE:  "Panel: Group Decision and Negotiation: The Evolving
Frontier (Part 2)"

TIME and PLACE:  Monday 2:45-4:00 in Monterey A

CHAIR:  Tung Bui, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943
        (3867p@navpgs.bitnet) 

   Panelists:
   Kalyan Chatterjee, Pennsylvania State University (kic@psuvm.bitnet)
   Gregory Kersten, Carleton University (gregory_kersten@carleton.ca)
   Gregory Northcraft, University of Arizona
   Jay Nunamaker, University of Arizona (nunamaker@mis.arizona.edu)
   Melvin F. Shakun, New York University (mshakun@rnd.stern.nyu.edu)
   Katia Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University 

                             SESSION #3

SESSION TITLE:  "Experiences with Group Decision and Negotiation Support"

TIME and PLACE:  Tuesday 8:00am in Monterey A

CHAIR:  Peri H. Iz, University of Baltimore, Info. & Quant. Science, Merrick
School of Business, Baltimore, MD 21201 (zmhbi@scfvm.bitnet)

  TITLE: "Support for Group Decision Involving Multiple Criteria"
  P. H. Iz, University of Baltimore, Info. and Quant. Science, Merrick
  School of Business, Baltimore, MD 21201 (zmhbi@scfvm.bitnet)
  L. R. Gardiner, Auburn University

  TITLE: "User Acceptance of Group Decision Support Systems"
  J. H. Blair, Competition Tech. Corp., 1797 Austin Ave, Los Altos, CA
  94024

  TITLE: "A MS-Windows Based DSS for Bilateral Negotiation"
  T. Bui, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943
  (3867p@navpgs.bitnet) 
  R. Sabene

  TITLE: "Issues in Group Decision Support: A Case of Forecasting the
  Future of Process Engineering in the Pharmaceutical Industry"
  G. Islei, University of Manchester, Manchester Business School,
  Manchester, England 

                             SESSION #4

SESSION TITLE:  "Neural Network in Group Decision and Negotiation"

TIME and PLACE:  Tuesday 1:15-2:30 in Monterey A

CHAIR:  Tung Bui, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943
  (3867p@navpgs.bitnet)

  TITLE: "A Neural Network Approach to negotiation Support"
  T. R. Hill, University of Hawaii, College of Business Administration,
  Honolulu, HI 96822 
  B. H. Jones, Eastern Kentucky University (cbadejo@uhccvm.bitnet)

  TITLE: "Shared Mental Models and Effective Coordination: Some Experience
  with Neural Net Simulation"
  T. Bui, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943
  (3867p@navpgs.bitnet) 
  K. Sengupta (5162p@cc.nps.navy.mil)

  TITLE: "Modelling Negotiator's Mind Using Neural Network"
  T. Bui, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943
  (3867p@navpgs.bitnet) 

                             SESSION #5

SESSION TITLE:  "Theoretical Issues in Group Decision and Negotiation"

TIME and PLACE:  Tuesday 2:45-4:00 in Monterey A

CHAIR:  Taracad R. Sivasankaran

  TITLE: "Fixed-Pie and Elastic-Pie biases in Negotiations"
  J. L. Mumpower, SUNY, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs/Policy,
  Albany, NY 12222 (jlm21@albanyvm1.bitnet)
  J. Sheffield, University of Auckland (mis_jsheff@aukuni.ac.nz)
  T. A. Darling (td577@albanyvm1.bitnet)

  TITLE: "Negotiation Paradigm in Medical Simulation"
  G. E. Kersten, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6
  (gregory_kersten@carleton.ca)
  W. Michalowski (wmichal@carleton.bitnet)

  TITLE: "Why Does Majority Rule Lead to Decision in the Spatial Model?"
  C. A. Tovey, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 30332 (ctovey@gtrio1.bitnet)

  TITLE: "A Survey of Computational and Statistical Tools for the Spatial
  Model"
  C. A. Tovey, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 30332 (ctovey@gtrio1.bitnet)


4. Call for Papers - Chicago!
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While many of the Chicago session planning deadlines have passed,
arrangements can still be made.  If you have a topic for a GD&N panel or
session in Chicago next May, you must contact Gregory Kersten
(gregory_kersten@carleton.ca) before the end of this week (October 2,
1992.)  The preferred communication mode is e-mail.  The deadline for
Chicago paper abstracts is November 1, 1992.  


5. Future TIMS/ORSA Meetings - Plan your calendar
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 The schedule of future TIMS/ORSA meetings is as follows:
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November 1-4, 1992        San Francisco, CA        Hilton Hotel
  Conference Chair:    Chaiho Kim, The Leavey School of Business
                       University of Santa Clara, CA 95053
  GD&N Organizer:      Tung Bui (3867p@navpgs.bitnet )
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May 2-5, 1993             Chicago, IL              Chicago Hilton & Tower
  Conference Chair:    Arthur Hurter, Department of Industrial Engineering
                       Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
  GD&N Organizer:      Gregory Kersten (gregory_kersten@carleton.ca)
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Oct 31-Nov 3, 1993        Phoenix, AZ              Omni-Adams/Hyatt Regency
  Conference Chair:    Asim Roy, Dept. of Decision and Information Sys.
                       College of Business, Arizona State, Tempe, AZ 85287
  GD&N Organizer:      TBA
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April 24-27, 1993         Boston, MA               Marriott Copley Plaza
  Conference Chair:    Donald Rosenfield, Massachusetts Institute of Tech.
                       Cambridge, MA 02139
  GD&N Organizer:      TBA
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If you have workshop, tutorial, session or panel ideas for future GD&N
tracks, please contact Mel Shakun (mshakun@rnd.stern.nyu.edu) or Gregory
Kersten (gregory_kersten@carleton.ca) with your suggestions.  


6. Group Decision and Negotiation Journal 
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The Group Decision and Negotiation Journal is now publishing.
For editorial information, contact Melvin Shakun at:  
        "mshakun@rnd.stern.nyu.edu"
For subscription information, contact Kluwer Academic Publishing at: 
        "kluwer@world.std.com"


7. Contact and membership information
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If you are not a member of the TIMS College on Group Decision and Negotiation
and would like to join, contact the TIMS office at:
     290 Westminster Street
     Providence, RI 02903
or send e-mail to: "np246001@brownvm.bitnet"

All e-mail addresses reported in this newsletter are correct to the best of
our knowledge.  If you would like a different e-mail address placed in the
GD&N files than the one used to send you this newsletter, please send
e-mail to the editor.

If you are reading a borrowed copy of this newsletter as you did not receive
your own, or if you have news you would like mentioned in the next issue of this
newsletter, send e-mail to Daniel Mittleman at danny@arizona.edu.

                  TIMS-GD&N OFFICERS and NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Chairperson:                               Treasurer:                          
   Melvin Shakun                              Elizabeth H. (Beth) Jones        
   E-mail: mshakun@rnd.stern.nyu.edu          E-mail: finjones@eku.bitnet      

Vice Chairperson: Meetings                 Secretary:         
   Gregory Kersten                            Tung Bui                    
   E-mail: gregory_kersten@carleton.ca        E-mail: 3867p@navpgs.bitnet 

Vice Chairperson: Pubs & Membership                                            
   Tawfik Jelassi                                                              

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Newsletter Editor:                  
   Daniel Mittleman                 
   E-mail: danny@arizona.edu       

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