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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Introduction
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Behavioral Decision Theory
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Decision Analysis
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About this book
The book is divided into four sections: `Behavioral Decision Theory' examines theoretical descriptions and empirical findings about human decision making. `Decision Analysis' examines topics in decision analysis.`Decision in Society' explores issues in societal decision making. The final section, `Historical Notes', provides some historical perspectives on the development of the decision theory. Within these sections, major, multi-disciplinary scholars in decision theory have written chapters exploring some very bold themes in the field, as an examination of the book's contents will show.
The main reason for the health of the Decision Analysis field is its close links between theory and applications that have characterized it over the years. In this volume, the chapters by Barron and Barrett; Fishburn; Fryback; Keeney; Moreno, Pericchi, and Kadane; Howard; Phillips; Slovic and Gregory; Winkler; and, above all, von Winterfeldt focus on those links. Decision science originally developed out of concern with real decision problems; and applied work, such as is represented in this volume, will help the field to remain strong.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Decision Science and Technology
Book Subtitle: Reflections on the Contributions of Ward Edwards
Editors: James Shanteau, Barbara A. Mellers, David A. Schum
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5089-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1999
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-8399-4Published: 28 February 1999
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7315-5Published: 08 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-5089-1Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 434
Topics: Operations Research/Decision Theory, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems, Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes