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	Table of Contents	4
	Preface	8
	Audience	9
	Organization and Content	9
	Conventions Used in This Book	11
	Comments and Questions	11
	Acknowledgments	11
	Fundamentals	14
	Installation	16
	1.1 Downloading and Installing Dicodess	16
	1.2 Dicodess Components	18
	1.2.1 Dicodess Classes	18
	1.2.2 LPL	19
	1.2.3 Mathematical Solver	19
	1.2.4 Jini Network Technology	20
	1.2.5 Java Runtime Environment	20
	1.3 Configuring and Testing Dicodess	20
	1.3.1 Configuring Dicodess	20
	1.3.2 Testing Dicodess	21
	Quick Start Tutorial	26
	2.1 DDSS-Robots	27
	2.2 Dicodess Principles	28
	2.2.1 New Decision Situations	29
	2.2.2 New Tasks	34
	2.2.3 New Evaluations	36
	2.2.4 New Exogenous Decisions	38
	2.2.5 New Reports	41
	2.3 Exercises	41
	Using Dicodess in a Multi- User Environment	44
	3.1 Inviting Users in Your DDSS	44
	3.2 A Self-Forming Community	46
	3.2.1 Viewing Other Members’ DDSO	47
	3.2.2 Exchanging DDSO	49
	3.3 Communication Aids	50
	3.3.1 Structured Communication Service	50
	3.3.2 Other Communication Tools	51
	3.3.3 Multilingual Interface	52
	3.4 DDSS Workshop	53
	3.4.1 Preliminaries	53
	3.4.2 Creating the Normal Evaluation	54
	3.4.3 Cooperative Behavior	55
	3.4.4 Collaborative Behavior	58
	3.5 Exercises	59
	Turning an Optimization Model into a DDSS	60
	4.1 A Simple LPL Model	60
	4.2 Preparing the Model	65
	4.2.1 The Decision Situation	65
	4.2.2 The Decision Task	67
	4.2.3 The Exogenous Decisions	68
	4.3 Creating the DDSS	69
	4.4 Fast Lane Conversion Guide	70
	4.5 Exercises	70
	Motivation and Context	72
	Motivation	74
	5.1 Purpose	74
	5.2 Research Context	76
	5.2.1 Structuring Semi-Structured Decision Problems	76
	5.2.2 Going Beyond Web-Based Architectures	77
	5.2.3 Collaborating Anywhere, At Any Time	79
	5.2.4 Same Structure, Different DSS	80
	5.3 Contribution	80
	Decision Support Systems	82
	6.1 Definitions	82
	6.1.1 A Brief History	82
	6.2 Taxonomies	83
	6.3 Architectures	84
	Software Frameworks for Developing DSS	86
	7.1 The Technical Factors of Decision Support Systems	86
	7.2 Sprague’s Classification of DSS Development Tools	87
	7.3 Same Names, Different Meanings?	88
	7.4 Software Frameworks for Developing DSS	90
	7.4.1 Frameworks vs. Software Frameworks	90
	7.4.2 Why Do DSS Designers Need Software Frameworks?	91
	7.5 Development Time, Precustomization, and Customizability	92
	7.6 Revisited Classification of DSS Development Tools	93
	A New Vision for Distributed DSS	96
	8.1 The Subjective Factors of Decision Support Systems	96
	8.2 A Natural Extension of Decision Making Capabilities	97
	8.2.1 Mimicking Decision Making Behaviors	97
	8.2.2 Being As Close As Possible to the Decision Maker	98
	8.3 A Decentralized Architecture	99
	8.4 A Federalist Model of Cooperation	101
	8.4.1 Basic Features	101
	8.4.2 An Intermediate View of the Working Environment	104
	Cooperative DSS	108
	9.1 CSCW and Collective Decision Making	108
	9.1.1 Terminology	109
	9.1.2 Computer Supported Cooperative Work	109
	9.1.3 Collective Decision Making	110
	9.2 The Fallacy of Collaborative Support Systems	111
	9.3 Cooperative Decision Support Systems	112
	Implementation and Case Study	114
	A Software Layer for Building Distributed DSS	116
	10.1 General Design Philosophy	116
	10.1.1 The Container	117
	10.1.2 The Contents	118
	10.1.3 The Interface Layer Between Contents and Container	119
	10.2 The Basic Architecture	120
	10.2.1 Notation	121
	10.3 Technology Requirements	122
	10.3.1 Data-Related Requirements	123
	10.3.2 Benefits of the Jini Technology	124
	10.4 Design Choices	128
	10.4.1 Adaptation by Extension or by Implementation	128
	10.4.2 Presentation / Logic Separation	129
	10.4.3 Modular Approach	130
	10.4.4 Managing the Jini Technology	134
	10.5 A JavaSpace-Oriented Object Model	136
	10.6 Event Model	138
	10.7 Putting Pieces Together	141
	A Software Layer for Developing Cooperative DSS	144
	11.1 A DSS for Crisis Management in the Food Supply Sector	145
	11.2 Use Cases	147
	11.2.1 The Decision Assistant	148
	11.2.2 The Model Expert	148
	11.2.3 The Facts Administrator	148
	11.2.4 The Facts Updater	149
	11.2.5 The System Administrator	149
	11.2.6 The Consultant	149
	11.2.7 The Decision Maker	149
	11.3 Distributed Decision Support Objects ( DDSO)	151
	11.3.1 New Decision Situations	154
	11.3.2 The Facts Manager’s DDSO	155
	11.3.3 The Scenario Manager’s DDSO	156
	11.3.4 New Tasks	158
	11.3.5 The Task Manager’s DDSO	161
	11.3.6 Other DDSO	162
	11.4 Object Managers	165
	11.5 The Distributed Object Manager Environment ( DOME)	167
	The Virtual Twin of the DSS User	172
	12.1 A Definitive View of the Working Environment	173
	12.2 Collaboration	175
	12.3 The Working Memory	175
	Extending the Dicodess Framework	180
	13.1 Analyzing Your Needs	180
	13.2 Extending the Cooperative DSS Layer	181
	13.2.1 Generalities	182
	13.2.2 Extending the Scenario DDSO	183
	13.2.3 Extending the Scenario Manager	185
	13.2.4 Extending the Logic Functionalities	187
	13.2.5 Propagating the Event	192
	13.2.6 Extending the DSS Main Class	194
	13.3 Implementing a Loosely Coupled Service	195
	13.3.1 Implementing the ChatMessage Class	196
	13.3.2 Implementing the GUI	198
	13.3.3 Implementing the ChatManager Class	203
	13.3.4 Putting Pieces Together	209
	13.3.5 Service Integration in Dicodess	210
	13.3.6 Integration of a Real Jini Service	212
	13.4 Implementing a Tightly Coupled Service	214
	13.4.1 Implementing the Structured Communication Service	215
	13.4.2 Interacting With the Main UI Class	217
	13.4.3 Putting Pieces Together	219
	Appendixes	222
	Class Structure of the Framework	224
	A.1 Overview (Dicodess Framework API Documentation)	224
	A.1.1 Packages	224
	A.2 The org.dicodess.core Package	225
	A.2.1 Interface Summary	225
	A.2.2 Class Summary	225
	A.2.3 Exception Summary	227
	A.3 The org.dicodess.entry Package	227
	A.3.1 Class Summary	227
	A.4 The org.dicodess.event Package	229
	A.4.1 Class Summary	229
	A.5 The org.dicodess.manager Package	229
	A.5.1 Interface Summary	229
	A.5.2 Class Summary	230
	A.6 The org.dicodess.module Package	231
	A.6.1 Interface Summary	231
	A.6.2 Class Summary	231
	A.7 The org.dicodess.service Package	233
	A.7.1 Interface Summary	233
	A.7.2 Class Summary	233
	A.8 The org.dicodess.service.files Package	233
	A.8.1 Interface Summary	233
	A.8.2 Class Summary	233
	A.9 The org.dicodess.service.query Package	234
	A.9.1 Interface Summary	234
	A.9.2 Class Summary	234
	A.10 The org.dicodess.service.simplechat Package	234
	A.10.1 Interface Summary	234
	A.10.2 Class Summary	235
	A.11 The org.dicodess.service.util Package	235
	A.11.1 Class Summary	235
	A.12 The org.dicodess.service.voting Package	235
	A.12.1 Interface Summary	235
	A.12.2 Class Summary	235
	A.13 The org.dicodess.tutorial.core Package	236
	A.13.1 Class Summary	236
	A.14 The org.dicodess.tutorial.entry Package	236
	A.14.1 Class Summary	236
	A.15 The org.dicodess.tutorial.manager Package	236
	A.15.1 Class Summary	236
	A.16 The org.dicodess.util Package	236
	A.16.1 Class Summary	236
	Licenses	238
	B.1 The Academic Free License (version 1.2)	238
	B.2 License for LPL Free Package	240
	B.3 GNU General Public License (version 2)	240
	B.4 Sun Community Source License ( version 3.0)	245
	Bibliography	254
	Preface	254
	Chapter 1	254
	Chapter 4	255
	Chapter 5	255
	Chapter 6	257
	Chapter 7	258
	Chapter 8	259
	Chapter 9	261
	Chapter 10	262
	Chapter 11	264
	Chapter 13	265