Introduction in the software engineering process, there are often many points at which a selection must be made from a number of mutually exclusive alternatives. Collaborative decision making software varies in capability and cost. The successful emergence of online communities, such as open source software. It will also be of interest to theorists interested in software tools which embody different argumentation models. Its main purpose is to support finegranular decision argumentation modeling. Argumentation mapping in collaborative spatial decision. The design decision making process involves a group of stakeholders exchanging their viewpoints to address various concerns and to reach a consensus collaboratively. The major difference between these works and this one is that in the present work we take into account the weight of the arguments evolving in the argumentation system. Index termsargumentation, collaborative decision making, text clustering, i. Visualizing argumentation computer supported cooperative. We envision the software architecture video wall as a collaborative decision making tool for the software. Arguments with lack of credibility in an argumentation tree may negatively affect decisions in a collaborative decision making process if they are not identified collectively by the group.
New orleans newly emerging collaborative decision making cdm software platforms could remedy the fact that despite heavy spending on business intelligence bi software and data warehouse technology many organizations are still making some pretty bad business decisions, according to one bi expert. In this text, we will focus on asynchronous distributed communication. Contributionbased priority assessment in a webbased. Decisionmaking software dm software is software for computer applications that help individuals and organisations make choices and take decisions, typically by ranking, prioritizing or choosing from a number of options an early example of dm software was described in 1973. Computer supported argumentation and collaborative.
Recent years we can hear a lot about cooperative decisionmaking, group or collaborative decisionmaking. This text examines the use of collaboration technologies in the problemsolving or decisionmaking process. One thing they share, however, is that they are designed to make your decisions, well, better. The webbased intelligent argumentation system allows stakeholders to post their arguments and evidences on different alternatives of an issue, assign weights and priorities. Facilitating collaborative decision making with the. Conversely, a team thats bought in, and that is focused on delivery, will make it work, even if the decision itself wasnt the best. This paper presents the design and analysis of a user study which was intended to evaluate the effectiveness of. There are computer support systems for collaborative argumentation. Cscw, argumentation, collaborative decision making. Finally, we present an empirical study in which the aforementioned system was used to resolve a single instance of an nfr conflict across 3 members of a product line.
In addition, argumentation has been advocated to support collaborative decisionmaking e. This approach involves 1 the use of cbr for evalu ating the arguments submitted by agents in collaborative decision making dialogs, and 2 the use of argument schemes and critical questions to. Communication processes in cooperative decisionmaking often include argumentation, and deliberation. Webbased computer supported intelligent argumentation and collaborative decision support system. Visualizing argumentation is written by practitioners and researchers for colleagues working in collaborative knowledge media, educational technology and organizational sensemaking. When complemented with an influence diagram, youve got a powerful. In this paper we present a novel approach for combining casebased reasoning cbrargumentation. Decision making is an important aspect in a collaborative software development process which involves a complex process of conflict resolution.
The hermes system nikos karacapilidis1 and dimitris papadias2 1 industrial management laboratory, university of patras, 26500 rionpatras, greece 2 department of computer science, hong kong university of science and technology, clearwater bay, hong kong abstract collaborative decision making problems can be addressed through. Toniolo2 1scott sutherland school of architecture and the built environment, robert gordon university, uk 2department of computing science, university of aberdeen, uk abstract. Computer supported argumentation and collaborative decision making. Polarisation assessment in an intelligent argumentation. Decision support software facilitates the decision making process by helping to prioritize objectives, evaluate alternatives and simulate results. Conflict detection and resolution for product line design in a collaborative decision making environment, proc. A dpl model is a unique combination of a decision tree and an influence diagram, allowing you the ability to build scalable, intuitive decision analytic models that precisely reflect your realworld problem decision trees are a powerful tool but can be unwieldy, complex, and difficult to display. Facilitating collaborative decision making with the software. Pdf interweaving knowledge management, argumentation and. These systems are widely used in both education and in the workplace to enable virtual groups to discuss and exchange ideas on issues ranging from applied problems to theoretical debate. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading visualizing.
This approach involves 1 the use of cbr for evaluating the arguments submitted by agents in collaborative decision making dialogs, and 2 the use of argument schemes and critical questions to organize the cbr memory space. The priorit contribution based priority assessment in a webbased intelligent argumentation network for collaborative software development ieee conference publication. Argumentation based collaborative software architecture design and. But there is software which can ease decision making and makes it automatical. Analysis of collaborative design and decision making. Webbased intelligent argumentation and collaborative. Argumentation dung style has been used in many works for collaborative decisionmaking process. A growing model for software architecture defines it as a set of principle design decisions which drive system architects to design the architecture satisfying software requirements and architectural constraints. Argumentation graphs with constraintbased reasoning for.
Some products, such as transparentchoice, help your team collaborate more easily, reducing the time and cost involved in. The first and most thoroughly developed audienceoriented argumentation text, argumentation and critical decision making presents argumentation as a cooperative, communicative process. Facilitating collaborative decision making with the software architecture video. Some products, such as transparentchoice, help your team collaborate more easily, reducing the time and cost involved in making complex decisions. Several argumentation frameworks and systems have been proposed for collaborative decision making earlier. Collaborative decision making cdm software is a software application or module that helps to coordinate and disseminate data and reach consensus among work groups cdm software coordinates the functions and features required to arrive at timely collective decisions, enabling all relevant stakeholders to participate in the process the selection of communication tools is very important for. Argumentation based collaborative decision making is a process of reaching consensus in a decision making group of stakeholders through argumentation by evaluation of different possible alternative solutions of an issue. Collaborative decision support systems cdsss can be defined as interactive computerbased systems, which facilitate the solution of illstructured problems by a set of decision makers working together as a team. Visualizing argumentation is written by practitioners and researchers for colleagues working in collaborative knowledge media, educational technology and organizational sense making.
Cbr and argument schemes for collaborative decision making. Often during these design decision making process the rationale is not fully captured. Conflict detection and resolution for product line design. International journal of decision support system technology 11. We present an argumentationbased method of decision making. Employing argumentation to support human decision making mit. In both group discussions and debates, stakeholders tend to form polarisation groups based on a similarity of their opinions latane 1981. The interactive argtrust application is a decisionmaking tool that is based on an underlying formal system of argumentation in which the evidence that influences a recommendation, or conclusion, is modulated according to values of trust that the user places in that evidence. Argumentation and critical decision making, 8th edition. Decision making is higherorder thinking in that it challenges the student to interpret, analyze, or manipulate information, because a question to be answered or a problem to be solved cannot be.
The kad ontology model january 2005 international journal of knowledge and learning 112. This research examined the influence of contrasting instructional approaches on childrens decisionmaking competence. The webbased intelligent argumentation system allows stakeholders to post their. Araucaria araucaria is a software tool for analysing arguments. A total of 764 fifth graders, mostly african americans and hispanic americans, from 36 classrooms in eight public schools serving children from lowincome families completed a sixweek unit on wolf management, using either direct instruction or. Collaborative decision making software for beginners. The first method was gibis 10 which represents design dialog as graph. He made notable contributions in the areas of software modeling, online argumentation based collaborative decision support, web service discovery and recommendation, and software quality and process management. Often, such decisions are made during discussions with other stakeholders, but typically these remain implicit. The main objective of a cdss is to augment the effectiveness of decision groups through the interactive sharing of information between group members and the computer. This text examines the general principles of argument in a rigorous yet readable manner and then applies those principles to different spheres of life law, science, religion, business.
An intelligent computational argumentation system for supporting collaborative software development decision making. Interweaving knowledge management, argumentation and decision making in a collaborative setting. Find the best decision support software for your business. Contribution based priority assessment in a webbased. Software architecture rationale capture through intelligent. Argumentation based collaborative software architecture. Although capturing and documenting the design making process in software architecture is an important task, few tools exist to support the architect in this task. We developed an intelligent argumentation and collaborative decision support system which allows stakeholders to exchange arguments and captures their rationale. Stakeholders with similar opinions tend to become closer by supporting one. We claim that an argumentation can serve as a common foundation for both the analysis and the documentation of decisions. There are methods embedded in the software which defines the path to the decisions.
Webbased argumentation and collaborative decision making is a process of reaching consensus in a decision making group of stakeholders through webbased argumentation by evaluation of different possible alternative solutions of an issue. The method displays arguments, issues and positions in form of graph. Collaborative decisionmaking cdm software is a software application or module that helps to coordinate and disseminate data and reach consensus among work groups cdm software coordinates the functions and features required to arrive at timely collective decisions, enabling all relevant stakeholders to participate in the process the selection of communication tools is very important for. Visualizing argumentation software tools for collaborative and educational sensemaking editors. An intelligent computational argumentation system for.
Many design decisions need to be made in a software development process. Xiaoqing liu directory computer science and computer. Analysis of collaborative design and decision making through argumentation applied for prebim stages m. We tackle the problem of collaborative decision making in the software architecture design teams by proposing the decision argumentation viewpoint extension to the architecture description standard. Stakeholders in a decisionmaking group often undergo an argumentation process in a collaborative decisionmaking environment. Collaborative decision making is the process of reaching consensus in the decision making group among the stakeholders. There is large amount of work done in collaborative decision making through argumentation. Each design decision yields a set of outcomes which impacts both the system architecture and the final product. Stakeholders make use of an argumentation based collaborative decision support system to determine which design alternatives provide the best tradeoffs between nfrs. Before the advent of the world wide web, most dm software was spreadsheetbased, with the first webbased dm software. Identification of faction groups and leaders in web based intelligent argumentation system for collaborative decision support abstract argumentation is an important and critical process in a collaborative decision making environment. Decision support software facilitates the decisionmaking process by helping to prioritize objectives, evaluate alternatives and simulate results.
Software tools for collaborative and educational sensemaking computer supported cooperative work kindle edition by kirschner, paul, kirschner, paul a. Challenges argumentationbased decisionmaking is empowered by highly transparent methods. These types of decisions are the consequences of developed working conditions. All the above ideas are useful in case of standard manual decision making processes.
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