Decision analysis represents a practical framework for environmental decision making in the face of uncertainty. Aa Aa Aa The conservation of species and ecosystems represents a fundamental challenge ...

Decision theory provides a structured framework for analysing how individuals and institutions make choices amidst uncertainty. It combines the rigour of mathematical models—such as expected utility ...

TROY, N.Y. — A new theory of economic decision-making from Mina Mahmoudi, a lecturer in the Department of Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, offers an explanation as to why humans, in ...

The precise choice of treatment for breast cancer depends upon the status of the hormone receptors (for estrogen and progesterone). Their conventional determination ...

Bower, Joseph L. "Descriptive Decision Theory from the 'Administrative' Viewpoint." Chap. 3 in The Study of Policy Formation, edited by Raymond A. Bauer and Kenneth J. Gergen. New York: Free Press, ...

In recent years, more than 40 articles and chapters have utilized Poliheuristic Theory to analyze critical decisions made by foreign leaders and U.S. presidents. In this paper, I introduce the ...

BOSTON, MA—Howard Raiffa, Harvard University’s Frank Plumpton Ramsey Professor of Managerial Economics Emeritus (a joint endowed chair at Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School), who was ...