NorshipS: A decision support system for analyses of bulk shipping markets

摘要

This paper reports on the design and implementation of NorshipS which is an interactive system for analyses of bulk shipping markets. The purpose is to enhance the knowledge of how interactive model-based systems may increase the effectiveness of decision making in complex and dynamic situations. NorshipS is explicitly designed to enhance shipping managers' understanding of shipping markets and to facilitate analyses of uncertainty. In this paper, we present our design considerations and illustrate how the system can support shipping managers in interpretation of market signals and generation and analysis of scenarios. A preliminary evaluation of the system is given, and directions for further research are proposed.