The need for wise decision making support systems (WDMSS) in developing future intelligent systems plenary paper

This Plenary paper critically analyses the nature and state of Intelligent Systems (IS) and Decision Support Systems (DSS) theories, research and applications. The issues and challenges of the Intelligent Systems and/or Smart Systems of the Future are briefly presented and discussed. The need for using Intelligent Decision Support Systems (IDSS) in developing Intelligent Cities of the Future is outlined. A brief historical review of DSS and how Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been embedded into the DSS and how this generated the interesting scientific area of Intelligent Decision Support Systems (IDSS) is provided. The challenge and absolute need for Making Decisions is briefly outlined. The challenge now is to make sense of DSS in Decision Making by planning it in understanding context and by searching new ways to utilize other advanced methodologies to the challenging issues in the future. The possibility of using Fuzzy Logic, Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCM) and Intelligent Systems (IS) in DSS is reviewed and analyzed. The new generic method for DSS been proposed before, and this leading to the Decision Making Support System (DMSS) is briefly presented. Open issues for future research of IDMSS and Intelligent Cities of the future are outlined and briefly discussed.