Modeling for Decision Support in Network-Based Services

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Modeling for Decision Support in Network-Based Services

      • Daniel Dolk, Janusz Granat

      Pages 1-13

3. Section I - Network Science

   1. Supporting and Optimizing Interactive Decision Processes in Grid Environments with a Model-Driven Approach

      • Julian Reichwald, Tim Dörnemann, Thomas Barth, Manfred Grauer, Bernd Freisleben

      Pages 14-35

   2. Optimization Approaches in the Strategic and Tactical Planning of Networks for Letter, Parcel and Freight Mail

      • Hans-Jürgen Sebastian

      Pages 36-61

   3. Adaptation of Optimization Models in Volatile Transport Scenarios

      • Herbert Kopfer, Jörn Schönberger

      Pages 62-86

4. Section II - Computational and Analytical Modeling

   1. A Method for Selectively Designing Modeling Languages for Product-Service Systems

      • Jörg Becker, Daniel Beverungen, Ralf Knackstedt

      Pages 87-117

   2. SC-CoJava: A Service Composition Language to Unify Simulation and Optimization of Supply Chains

      • Alexander Brodsky, Malak Al-Nory, Hadon Nash

      Pages 118-142

   3. An Ontology-Based Model Management Architecture for Service Innovation

      • Omar F. El-Gayar, Amit V. Deokar

      Pages 143-168

   4. Virtual Environments for Computational and Analytical Modeling: A Telemedicine Application

      • Tung Bui, Daniel Dolk, Alexandre Gachet, Hans-Jürgen Sebastian

      Pages 169-195

5. Section III - Knowledge Science

   1. On Deriving Indicators from Texts

      • Steven O. Kimbrough, Thomas Y. Lee, Ulku Oktem

      Pages 196-225

   2. An Ontological Framework for Model-Based Problem-Solving

      • Huub Scholten, Adrie J. M. Beulens

      Pages 226-256

   3. Knowledge Pentagram System and Applications

      • Yoshiteru Nakamori, Andrzej P. Wierzbicki

      Pages 257-278

   4. Ontology Construction and Its Applications in Local Research Communities

      • Hongtao Ren, Jing Tian, Andrzej P. Wierzbicki, Yoshiteru Nakamori, Edward Klimasara

      Pages 279-317

6. Back Matter

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This book originated from several recent workshops and related activities conducted by the IFIP Working Group 7.6 on "Optimization-Based Computer Aided Modeling and Design." This group has been active for 20 years with the stated objective of developing ”high-performance computer-aided systems to support modeling, decision analysis, optimization and multi-criteria decision making.” Recently, the group has turned its attention to the application of modeling and optimization to service science, management and engineering (SSME). SSME is still a young research field searching for its theoretical underpinnings, and one which offers many opportunities for analytical modeling to not only advance the understanding, but also to help form the foundation of a new discipline. This book is the result of the group's introductory foray into the application of quantitative modeling to the nascent field of service science with special emphasis on the network aspects of services. The 11 papers presented are grouped into sections on Network Science, Comptational and Analytical Modeling, and Knowledge Science. They showcase the value of modeling in a new and timely context and provide many seeds for further exciting research.

• DSS
• SCM
• SOA
• decision support systems
• logistics systems
• network science
• ontologies
• ontology management
• service science
• service-oriented architecture
• supply chain management

• Department of Information Sciences, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA

  Daniel Dolk

• Institute of Control and Computation Engineering, and National Institutute of Telecommunications, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

  Janusz Granat

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