Advances in Decision Analysis: From Foundations to Applications - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521863686 ISBN 13: 9780521863681

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

By framing issues, identifying risks, eliciting stakeholder preferences, and suggesting alternative approaches, decision analysts can offer workable solutions in domains such as the environment, health and medicine, engineering and operations research, and public policy. This book reviews and extends the material typically presented in introductory texts. Not a single book covers the broad scope of decision analysis at this advanced level. It will be a valuable resource for academics and students in decision analysis as well as decision analysts and managers

About this title

Book Description:

Decision analysts offer workable solutions in domains such as the environment, health and medicine, engineering and operations research, and public policy. This book reviews and extends material typically presented in introductory texts. It will be a valuable resource for academics and students in decision analysis, decision analysts and managers

About the Author:

Ward Edwards (1927-2005) received his Ph.D. in Psychology from Harvard University. He was the recipient of many awards including the Frank P. Ramsey Award from the Decision Analysis Society of INFORMS in 1988 and the Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award in Applied Psychology from the American Psychological Association in 1996. He wrote more than one hundred journal articles and books including Decision Analysis and Behavioral Research and Utility Theories: Measurement and Applications.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521863686
• ISBN 13: 9780521863681
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 640
• Editor: Edwards Ward, Miles Jr. Jr Ralph F., Von Winterfeldt Detlof