MCS2009 (the 9th International Workshop on Meta-synthesis and Complex Systems) is a workshop at the 20th Interantional Conference on Multi-Criteria Decision Making held in Chengdu(Jiuzhaigou) during June 21-26 2009. The web site of MCS2009 is http://meta-synthesis.iss.ac.cn/mcs2009/ The web site of MCDM2009 is http://www.mcdm2009.cn/ contact email address: mcs@iss.ac.cn

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 Scope of MCS2009 The presentations and papers at MCS2009 are expected to cover but not limited to the following areas:

 - AI and fuzzy systems

 - Chance discovery

 - Complex system modeling and complexity

 - Consensus methods and technologies

 - Creation of agent-based social systems sciences

 - Decision support systems

 - Knowledge creation: creativity support, awareness support, etc.

 - Knowledge discovery: data mining, text mining, and Web intelligence tools

 - Knowledge systems engineering

 - Meta-synthesis and advanced modeling to practical problems, eg. crisis & emergency management, macroeconomic forecasting, etc.

 - Social network analysis and knowledge management

 - Systems methodologies etc.

Papers Submission Prospective authors are invited to upload submissions via MCS2009 web site http://msks.iss.ac.cn:8080/mcs2009/. Early birds are also welcome to deliver submissions directly to mcs@iss.ac.cn (Subject: mcs09 paper). All submissions will be under at least 3 anonymous reviewers. The accepted paper will be published in one proceeding by Lecture Notes of Springer in Economics and Mathematical Systems and be scheduled for presentation in condition at least one author must register and pay the appropriate fees. Selected papers will be recommended to the following journals, as done to those past MCS workshop papers since 2005 according to review reports and quality of on-site presentations, 1) Journal of Systems Science and Complexity (SCI-expanded, Springer-Verlag) 2) Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering (SCI-expanded, EI, Springer-Verlag) 3) International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Sciences (a journal published by International Society of Knowledge and Systems Sciences in Japan) Please note: the recommended papers will be under modification in consideration of copyright and again of peer review requested by the journals. Important Dates December 15, 2008 Submission of full-length paper January 5, 2009 Notification of acceptance January 31, 2009 Final camera-ready paper January 31, 2009 Early registration opens March 10, 2009 Early registration closes If you just want to attend the workshop with no full-length paper, you are also welcome to submit an abstract before February 28, 2009. We will review the contents and send notification of acceptance on March 31, 2009. Presentations will be arranged for the authors of the accepted abstracts at the formal schedule of the workshop. All other deadlines follow MCDM2009 timetable.