Feature Article—Decision Analysis: An Overview

Ralph L. Keeney
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Ralph L. Keeney: Woodward-Clyde Consultants, San Francisco, California

Operations Research, 1982, vol. 30, issue 5, 803-838

Abstract: This article, written for the nondecision analyst, describes what decision analysis is, what it can and cannot do, why one should care to do this, and how one does it. To accomplish these purposes, it is necessary first to describe the decision environment. The article also presents an overview of decision analysis and provides additional sources for its foundations, procedures, history, and applications.

Keywords: 91 overview; 607 decision analysis; 855 survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1982
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