Advances in Artificial Intelligence-Empowered Decision Support Systems: Papers in Honour of Professor John Psarras

決策支援系統（DSS）是利用各種數據和商業模型、運用先進的數據分析程序、訪問廣泛的數據庫和數據倉庫，以協助決策過程或組織問題的軟件和信息系統。DSS在戰略層面上被證明特別有用，而且通常只需要使用者具備有限的電腦技能。儘管DSS已經在開發和使用中數十年，但軟件工程技術和人工智能（AI）方法論的最新進展為這一領域的研究和發展開辟了新的途徑。

本書向讀者介紹了一些最重要的人工智能增強決策支援系統的進展。它包括一個編者的說明和另外十五章，這些章節都是從在相應章節主題上工作並以其重要的研究貢獻而聞名的作者邀請而來。這些章節分為五個部分，即（i）醫學診斷和生物學中的AI增強DSS，（ii）醫療保健和健康保險中的AI增強DSS，（iii）城市事務中的AI增強DSS，（iv）AI增強DSS的各種應用，以及（v）決策製定中的新型AI增強方法論。

本書的目標讀者是計算機科學、人工智能和管理學的學者、研究人員、從業人員和學生，對於對AI增強DSS技術的尖端發展感興趣的其他學科的人也可以閱讀。每章末尾的廣泛的參考文獻列表引導讀者深入研究他們感興趣的應用領域。

GEORGE A. TSIHRINTZIS received the Diploma of Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece (with honors) and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is currently a Professor in The University of Piraeus, Greece and, during 2016-2020, he served as Head of its Department of Informatics. From 2008 to 2022, he served as the Director of the Graduate Program of Study in "Advanced Computing and Informatics Systems" of the Department. During the period 2016-2020, he was a Member of the first Administration Council of the University of Piraeus. Currently, he is serving again as a Member of the Administration Council of the University of Piraeus for a four-year term (2022-2026). His current research interests include Artificial and Computational Intelligence, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Decision Theory, and Statistical Signal Processing and their applications in Internet-of-Things Technologies, Multimedia Interactive Services, User Modeling, Knowledge-based Software Systems, Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval. He has authored or co-authored over 350 research publications in these areas, which have appeared in international journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings. He has served as the principal investigator or co-investigator in several R&D projects. He has (co-)edited over 40 international volumes. He is the editor-in-chief of the Intelligent Decision Technologies Journal (IOS Press). During 2012-2022, he was the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Computational Intelligence Studies (Inderscience). He has been the editor-in-chief of the Engineering Section of SpringerPlus. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Learning and Analytics in Intelligent Systems book series (Springer 2019-) and the Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Software and Systems Engineering book series (Springer 2022-). He has guest (co-)edited 17 special issues of international journals. He is a co-founder of the Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications (IISA) conference series, technically sponsored by IEEE and currently in its 15th edition. He has organized and chaired over 40 international conferences. He has received best paper awards from several international conferences, and he has been a keynote speaker of several international conferences.

MARIA VIRVOU is a FULL PROFESSOR, HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT, DIRECTOR OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES and DIRECTOR OF THE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING LAB in the Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, Greece. She received a B.Sc. Degree in Mathematics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, a M.Sc. Degree in Computer Science from the University College London (UCL), U.K. and a Ph.D. Degree in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence from the University of Sussex, U.K. funded by a scholarship obtained from the Greek State Scholarship Foundation. She is AUTHOR/CO-AUTHOR of over 350 research papers published in international journals, books and conference proceedings and of 7 books and monographs in Computer Science published by Springer and other publishers. She is currently CO-EDITOR of the Springer book series "Learning and Analytics in Intelligent Systems" and "Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Software and Systems Engineering". She has been EDITOR of over 20 collections of papers in conference proceedings or books, published by major academic publishers, such as IEEE, Springer and IOS Press. She has also been EDITOR-IN-CHIEF of the SpringerPlus Journal (Springer) for the whole area of Computer Science and an ASSOCIATE EDITOR of many other journals. She was GENERAL CO-CHAIR of the yearly conference series of International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications, technically sponsored by IEEE. She has been the GENERAL CHAIR / PROGRAM CHAIR of over twenty (20) International Conferences. She has been the PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR or CO-INVESTIGATOR of numerous national / international research projects. She has supervised 12 Ph.D. alumni and many of them currently hold academic positions in universities. She has been teaching under-graduate and post-graduate courses in Educational Software, Software Engineering and Mobile Software, Human Computer Interaction, Programming Languages and Compilers, Software Personalization Technologies, User Modeling, Adaptive Tutoring Systems. She has been a recipient of many best paper awards and an invited keynote speaker in international conferences. She has received an honorary award by UNESCO in honour and recognition of her outstanding scholarly achievements and contributions to the field of Computer Science. She received the 1st Research Award from the Research Centre of the University of Piraeus for high quality international journal publications among Faculty Members of the University of Piraeus for the years 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 respectively.

HARIS DOUKAS is a Professor in the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece. He holds a (five-year) Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) and a Ph.D. in decision support systems for energy policy and management, from the ECE School, NTUA. His scientific and research expertise includes the development of decision support systems for energy and climate policy. He has more than two decades of working experience in the design of energy and climate policies and programs for the promotion of renewables, energy efficiency and management at a regional, national and European level. Moreover, he participates as a specialist, in respective initiatives beyond Europe, such as in the countries of the Mediterranean basin and the Arab states of the Gulf. In the above-mentioned fields, he has authored or co-authored more than 200 scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals, as well as the textbooks "Multiple Criteria Decision Models for Energy and Environmental Systems" and "Energy Management and Environmental Policy" (in Greek) and "Multicriteria Portfolio Construction with Python" (in English). He has co-edited the open access Book "Understanding Risks and Uncertainties in Energy and Climate Policy: Multidisciplinary Methods and Tools for a Low Carbon Society". He has presented numerous papers and keynote addresses in international conferences, while he has authored or co-authored chapters in books and articles in technical magazines and the daily and weekly press. Dr. Doukas is an Editor in Chief of the "Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy", Associate Editor of the "Operational Research International Journal (ORIJ)" and a member of the editorial board of several scientific journals in the areas of energy policy and operational research. For his work, Dr. Doukas has received numerous awards by the State Scholarship Foundation (IKY), the NTUA, the AUTH, the Technical Chamber of Greece (TCG), the Hellenic Operational Research Society (HELORS) and the World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC). He has been elected and is currently serving as Mayor of Athens, Greece for a five year term from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2028.

LAKMHI C. JAIN, PhD, ME, BE(Hons), Fellow (Engineers Australia) is with the KES International, Shoreham-by-Sea, UK. Professor Jain's career is characterized by his solid commitment to research, education, and mentorship, as he has been a distinguished professor at numerous universities. His research works encompass Automated Information System Design; Modelling, Design, and Implementation of Knowledge-based Intelligent Information Systems; Intelligent Agent Learning, Coordination, Collaboration, and Web-based Agents. He has authored/co-authored/edited/co-edited more than 500 volumes. He is the Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the international scientific journals "International Journal of Knowledge-based Intelligent Engineering Systems" (IOS Press, 1997-) and "Intelligent Decision Technologies" (IOS Press, 2007-). He is the Co-Founder and/or Chief Editor of several scientific series for publishing houses such as Springer, Elsevier, IOS Press, among others. He is the Co-Founder and Chair of the Steering Committee for four significant international conferences: the International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES), Agents and Multi-Agent Systems - Technologies and Applications (AMSTA), Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services (IIMSS), and Intelligent Decision Technologies (IDT). He has been an Invited Speaker at numerous important international conferences in Europe, Asia, and Australia. He is the Founder of the research professional organization "Knowledge-based and Intelligent Engineering Systems International," a global community of over 5,000 researchers aimed at collaboration, knowledge exchange, and research dissemination in the fields of Artificial and Computational Intelligence and their applications, such as Complex Systems, Systems Security, Educational Technologies, Healthcare Technologies, Autonomous Systems, and Vehicles, Intelligent Agents. In September 2023, he received a Doctorate degree (Honoris Causa) from the Department of Informatics of the University of Piraeus.

GEORGE A. TSIHRINTZIS畢業於希臘雅典國立技術大學電機工程學士學位（榮譽），並在美國麻省波士頓東北大學獲得電機與電腦工程碩士和博士學位。他目前是希臘比雷埃夫斯大學的教授，並在2016年至2020年期間擔任該校資訊學系的系主任。從2008年到2022年，他擔任該系的「高級計算與資訊系統」研究生課程的主任。在2016年至2020年期間，他是比雷埃夫斯大學第一屆行政委員會的成員。目前，他再次擔任比雷埃夫斯大學行政委員會的成員，任期為四年（2022年至2026年）。他目前的研究興趣包括人工智慧、計算智能、機器學習、模式識別、決策理論和統計信號處理，以及它們在物聯網技術、多媒體互動服務、用戶建模、基於知識的軟體系統、人機交互和信息檢索中的應用。他在這些領域發表或合著了350多篇研究論文，這些論文發表在國際期刊、專書章節和會議論文集中。他曾擔任多個研發項目的主要或共同調查員。他（合著）編輯了40多本國際專著。他是《智能決策技術期刊》（IOS Press）的主編。在2012年至2022年期間，他擔任《國際計算智能研究期刊》（Inderscience）的主編。他曾擔任SpringerPlus工程部門的主編。他是Springer出版社的《智能系統中的學習和分析》書系和《人工智能增強的軟體和系統工程》書系的創始人和主編。他曾經編輯過17期國際期刊的特刊。他是IEEE技術贊助的《信息、智能、系統和應用》（IISA）會議系列的共同創辦人，目前已舉辦了15屆國際會議。他組織並主持了40多個國際會議。他曾獲得多個國際會議的最佳論文獎，並擔任多個國際會議的主題演講嘉賓。

MARIA VIRVOU是希臘比雷埃夫斯大學資訊學系的教授、系主任、研究生課程主任和軟體工程實驗室主任。她在希臘雅典國立和卡波迪斯特里亞大學獲得數學學士學位，在英國倫敦大學學院（UCL）獲得計算機科學碩士學位，在英國薩塞克斯大學獲得計算機科學和人工智能博士學位，並獲得希臘國家獎學金基金會的獎學金資助。她是在國際期刊、專書和會議論文集上發表的350多篇研究論文的作者/合著者，並出版了7本由Springer和其他出版商出版的計算機科學專著。她目前是Springer的《智能系統中的學習和分析》和《人工智能增強的軟體和系統工程》書系的合編者。她曾經編輯過由IEEE、Springer和IOS Press等主要學術出版商出版的20多本會議論文集或專書的集合。她還曾擔任SpringerPlus期刊（Springer）的編輯，負責整個計算機科學領域，並擔任其他多個期刊的副編輯。她曾擔任國際信息、智能、系統和應用年度會議系列的總共同主席，該會議系列由IEEE技術贊助。