Special Issue on Multi-Objective Decision Making 2024 (MODeM 2024) Submission Date: 2025-02-17 Building on two previous successful topical collections (TCs), we are delighted to invite submissions to a new topical collection of Neural Computing and Applications (NC&A, impact factor 6.0) on Multi-Objective Decision Making 2024 (MODeM 2024).

Previous topical collections in this series were hosted in:

Neural Computing and Applications - TC on MODeM 2023 (in progress)

Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems - TC on MODeM (completed in 2023)

Explicitly modelling multiple objectives can be essential for decision support, explainability, and human-AI alignment. As such, there has been a growing awareness of the need for automated and assistive decision making systems to move beyond single-objective formulations when dealing with complex real-world issues, which invariably involve multiple competing objectives. In this topical collection, we aim to provide a platform for original research in multi-objective decision making using AI.

This topical collection targets high-quality original papers covering all aspects of multi-objective decision making, including, but not limited to, the list of topics below. Manuscripts that extend a previous conference or workshop publication are welcome, provided that there is a significant amount of new material in the submission (i.e., the manuscript should contain at least 50% new material).

Please note that manuscripts submitted to this TC should have a clear link to artificial intelligence and/or agent-based systems - manuscripts without a clear link to these areas will be desk rejected without being sent for review.

Topics

The following is a non-exhaustive list of topics that we would like to cover in the topical collection:

Multi-objective/multi-criteria/multi-attribute decision making

Multi-objective reinforcement learning

Multi-objective planning and scheduling

Multi-objective multi-agent decision making

Multi-objective game theory

Multi-objective/multi-criteria/multi-attribute utility theory

Preference elicitation for MODeM

Social choice and MODeM

Multi-objective decision support systems

Multi-objective metaheuristic optimisation (e.g., evolutionary algorithms) for autonomous agents and multi-agent systems

Multi-objectivisation

Human-AI alignment through multi-objective modelling

Ethical AI through multi-objective modelling

Explainable AI through multi-objective modelling

Interactive systems for MODeM

Applications of MODeM

Interdisciplinary work (MODeM research that relates to other fields)

New benchmark problems for MODeM

Guest Editors

Roxana Rădulescu (Lead Guest Editor), Utrecht University & Vrije Universiteit Brussel, r.t.radulescu@uu.nl

Patrick Mannion, University of Galway

Pieter Libin, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Please direct queries about the NC&A MODeM 2024 TC to the Lead Guest Editor at r.t.radulescu@uu.nl

Timeline

Submission deadline: 17th February 2025

Manuscript submissions will be considered for publication in the NC&A MODeM 2024 TC on a continuous basis until the submission deadline. Submissions accepted for publication before the completion of the TC will be available on the journal website shortly after acceptance.