This chapter summarises the intentions, processes, and findings of the project, funded by the Com... more This chapter summarises the intentions, processes, and findings of the project, funded by the Commission of the European Union, to design a Transactional Environmental Support System (TESS). It provides an executive summary for the book.
International Journal of Decision Support System Technology, Jul 1, 2021
Agricultural management has become an increasingly complex endeavor. As a result, there is the ne... more Agricultural management has become an increasingly complex endeavor. As a result, there is the need to generate knowledge from information that can guide practice, and in that aspect, decision support systems (DSSs) can contribute to achieving this goal. A DSS can be defined as a computer-based information system that is used to support complex decision-making. The aim of this paper is to present such a DSS focused on the agricultural sector. Its purpose is to be used for the planning of agricultural production and better utilization of a region's available resources. The development of the DSS relies on the classic theory of such tools utilizing MCDM models, databases, and a user interfaces. The proposed DSS was applied in the prefecture of Larissa in Central Greece. The DSS is adaptable to different contexts, and applications of these capabilities are presented at the end of the paper, applied in different regions under additional objectives and/or constraints.
International Journal of Operational Research, 2015
The role of policies evaluation has gained weight over time in the EU and is now an accepted and ... more The role of policies evaluation has gained weight over time in the EU and is now an accepted and integral part of the policy process, offering the potential to learn from experience in the design and implementation of European programs. The aim of this paper is the evaluation of a LEADER+ local operational program, in particular concerning the ex-post evaluation and the consistency between planned targets and weighted implemented actions. The local operational program includes eight targets and 34 actions. The paper evaluates the local operational program by using the PROMETHEE II multicriteria analysis method. The data used concern the budgets per action and regard the year of planning and the year of the ex-post evaluation of the program. The analysis focuses on the ex-post evaluation of the local program and suggests how it could best be planned and designed to serve the strategic and operational needs of decision-makers. It also provides guidance for other evaluations carried out at program level and is helpful for further evaluations at local level.
Migrant labor market integration is vital for the resilience of the host country and the migrant ... more Migrant labor market integration is vital for the resilience of the host country and the migrant population’s sustainable livelihood. Greece, which hosts thousands of new immigrants, could seize the private sector’s experience to offer effective and holistic labor market integration opportunities to its migrant labor force. This paper explored the challenge for Greece as examined using a system dynamics methodology of the effects of wage subsidies and vocational training products on the employability of both the native and migrant populations in a framework of public–private cooperation under different scenarios and external factors.
Proceedings of the 27th International Scientific Conference Strategic Management and Decision Support Systems in Strategic Management
Two terms that have gained traction in the academia and policy making are Digital Transformation ... more Two terms that have gained traction in the academia and policy making are Digital Transformation and Sustainable Development of public and private organizations. Digital transformation can be defined as the increasing application of digitization and automation that has important impacts on the structure of business ecosystems and their products and services. The core of Digital Transformation is the overall digitization and cross-linking of the value creation process. On the other hand, Sustainable Development has been defined as “the ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Brundtland, et al., 1987). As it can be observed, the two terms are defined in a vague way, however, their practical importance cannot be overstated. Despite the lack of a unified definition and methodological framework on how to define them, public and private organizations are making efforts to incorporate them in their practices....
International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics
The current study aims to examine the phenomenon of racism in football. The researchers collected... more The current study aims to examine the phenomenon of racism in football. The researchers collected data from people of all ages in the countries of Italy, Romania, Greece, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, and a number of experts from other countries as well. Data were analysed and studied through the use of descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. The findings suggest that racist incidences in football are very frequent. Furthermore, it was observed that social-demographic variables seem to affect people’s propensity to racism and usually the respondents believe that racist acts are performed mainly due to lack of education, out of fear and due to general social unrest. Finally, a thorough discussion and conclusions are given for the improvement of regulations at a European level to tackle the incidents of racism abuse in the sphere of soccer.
International Journal of Operational Research, 2015
The role of policies evaluation has gained weight over time in the EU and is now an accepted and ... more The role of policies evaluation has gained weight over time in the EU and is now an accepted and integral part of the policy process, offering the potential to learn from experience in the design and implementation of European programs. The aim of this paper is the evaluation of a LEADER+ local operational program, in particular concerning the ex-post evaluation and the consistency between planned targets and weighted implemented actions. The local operational program includes eight targets and 34 actions. The paper evaluates the local operational program by using the PROMETHEE II multicriteria analysis method. The data used concern the budgets per action and regard the year of planning and the year of the ex-post evaluation of the program. The analysis focuses on the ex-post evaluation of the local program and suggests how it could best be planned and designed to serve the strategic and operational needs of decision-makers. It also provides guidance for other evaluations carried out at program level and is helpful for further evaluations at local level.
Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 2015
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Decision ... more This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Decision Support Systems Technology, ICDSST 2015, held in Belgrade, Serbia, in May 2015. The theme of the event was Big Data Analytics for Decision-Making and it was organized by the EURO (Association of European Operational Research Societies) working group of Decision Support Systems (EWG-DSS).The eight papers presented in this book were selected out of 26 submissions after being carefully reviewed by at least three internationally known experts from the ICDSST 2015 Program Committee and external invited reviewers. The selected papers are representative of current and relevant research activities in the area of decision support systems, such as decision analysis for enterprise systems and non-hierarchical networks, integrated solutions for decision support and knowledge management in distributed environments, decision support system evaluations and analysis through social networks, and decision support system applications in real-world environments. The volume is completed by an additional invited paper on big data decision-making use cases.
This editorial describes the special issue on “New Combinatorial Optimisation Models for Decision... more This editorial describes the special issue on “New Combinatorial Optimisation Models for Decision Making” of the International Journal of Applied Management Science (IJAMS). It provides a short review of combinatorial optimisation applications in decision making, specifies the aim of the special issue, and finally presents an overview of five papers in the issue.
This chapter summarises the intentions, processes, and findings of the project, funded by the Com... more This chapter summarises the intentions, processes, and findings of the project, funded by the Commission of the European Union, to design a Transactional Environmental Support System (TESS). It provides an executive summary for the book.
International Journal of Decision Support System Technology, Jul 1, 2021
Agricultural management has become an increasingly complex endeavor. As a result, there is the ne... more Agricultural management has become an increasingly complex endeavor. As a result, there is the need to generate knowledge from information that can guide practice, and in that aspect, decision support systems (DSSs) can contribute to achieving this goal. A DSS can be defined as a computer-based information system that is used to support complex decision-making. The aim of this paper is to present such a DSS focused on the agricultural sector. Its purpose is to be used for the planning of agricultural production and better utilization of a region's available resources. The development of the DSS relies on the classic theory of such tools utilizing MCDM models, databases, and a user interfaces. The proposed DSS was applied in the prefecture of Larissa in Central Greece. The DSS is adaptable to different contexts, and applications of these capabilities are presented at the end of the paper, applied in different regions under additional objectives and/or constraints.
International Journal of Operational Research, 2015
The role of policies evaluation has gained weight over time in the EU and is now an accepted and ... more The role of policies evaluation has gained weight over time in the EU and is now an accepted and integral part of the policy process, offering the potential to learn from experience in the design and implementation of European programs. The aim of this paper is the evaluation of a LEADER+ local operational program, in particular concerning the ex-post evaluation and the consistency between planned targets and weighted implemented actions. The local operational program includes eight targets and 34 actions. The paper evaluates the local operational program by using the PROMETHEE II multicriteria analysis method. The data used concern the budgets per action and regard the year of planning and the year of the ex-post evaluation of the program. The analysis focuses on the ex-post evaluation of the local program and suggests how it could best be planned and designed to serve the strategic and operational needs of decision-makers. It also provides guidance for other evaluations carried out at program level and is helpful for further evaluations at local level.
Migrant labor market integration is vital for the resilience of the host country and the migrant ... more Migrant labor market integration is vital for the resilience of the host country and the migrant population’s sustainable livelihood. Greece, which hosts thousands of new immigrants, could seize the private sector’s experience to offer effective and holistic labor market integration opportunities to its migrant labor force. This paper explored the challenge for Greece as examined using a system dynamics methodology of the effects of wage subsidies and vocational training products on the employability of both the native and migrant populations in a framework of public–private cooperation under different scenarios and external factors.
Proceedings of the 27th International Scientific Conference Strategic Management and Decision Support Systems in Strategic Management
Two terms that have gained traction in the academia and policy making are Digital Transformation ... more Two terms that have gained traction in the academia and policy making are Digital Transformation and Sustainable Development of public and private organizations. Digital transformation can be defined as the increasing application of digitization and automation that has important impacts on the structure of business ecosystems and their products and services. The core of Digital Transformation is the overall digitization and cross-linking of the value creation process. On the other hand, Sustainable Development has been defined as “the ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Brundtland, et al., 1987). As it can be observed, the two terms are defined in a vague way, however, their practical importance cannot be overstated. Despite the lack of a unified definition and methodological framework on how to define them, public and private organizations are making efforts to incorporate them in their practices....
International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics
The current study aims to examine the phenomenon of racism in football. The researchers collected... more The current study aims to examine the phenomenon of racism in football. The researchers collected data from people of all ages in the countries of Italy, Romania, Greece, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, and a number of experts from other countries as well. Data were analysed and studied through the use of descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. The findings suggest that racist incidences in football are very frequent. Furthermore, it was observed that social-demographic variables seem to affect people’s propensity to racism and usually the respondents believe that racist acts are performed mainly due to lack of education, out of fear and due to general social unrest. Finally, a thorough discussion and conclusions are given for the improvement of regulations at a European level to tackle the incidents of racism abuse in the sphere of soccer.
International Journal of Operational Research, 2015
The role of policies evaluation has gained weight over time in the EU and is now an accepted and ... more The role of policies evaluation has gained weight over time in the EU and is now an accepted and integral part of the policy process, offering the potential to learn from experience in the design and implementation of European programs. The aim of this paper is the evaluation of a LEADER+ local operational program, in particular concerning the ex-post evaluation and the consistency between planned targets and weighted implemented actions. The local operational program includes eight targets and 34 actions. The paper evaluates the local operational program by using the PROMETHEE II multicriteria analysis method. The data used concern the budgets per action and regard the year of planning and the year of the ex-post evaluation of the program. The analysis focuses on the ex-post evaluation of the local program and suggests how it could best be planned and designed to serve the strategic and operational needs of decision-makers. It also provides guidance for other evaluations carried out at program level and is helpful for further evaluations at local level.
Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 2015
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Decision ... more This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Decision Support Systems Technology, ICDSST 2015, held in Belgrade, Serbia, in May 2015. The theme of the event was Big Data Analytics for Decision-Making and it was organized by the EURO (Association of European Operational Research Societies) working group of Decision Support Systems (EWG-DSS).The eight papers presented in this book were selected out of 26 submissions after being carefully reviewed by at least three internationally known experts from the ICDSST 2015 Program Committee and external invited reviewers. The selected papers are representative of current and relevant research activities in the area of decision support systems, such as decision analysis for enterprise systems and non-hierarchical networks, integrated solutions for decision support and knowledge management in distributed environments, decision support system evaluations and analysis through social networks, and decision support system applications in real-world environments. The volume is completed by an additional invited paper on big data decision-making use cases.
This editorial describes the special issue on “New Combinatorial Optimisation Models for Decision... more This editorial describes the special issue on “New Combinatorial Optimisation Models for Decision Making” of the International Journal of Applied Management Science (IJAMS). It provides a short review of combinatorial optimisation applications in decision making, specifies the aim of the special issue, and finally presents an overview of five papers in the issue.
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