SeDeS 2013 PC Co-Chairs Message

Decision support has gradually evolved in both the fields of theoretical decision support studies and practical assisting tools for decision makers since the 1960’s. Ontology Engineering (OE) brings new synergy to decision support. On the one hand, it will change (and actually now is changing) the decision support landscape, as it will enable new breeds of decision models, decision support systems (DSS) to be developed. On the other hand, DSS can bring theories and applications that support OE, such as ontology integration, ontology matching and ontology integration.