UID:
almafu_9960119374002883
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 470 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-139-17353-7
Content:
This long-awaited textbook provides a unified perspective of a rich and varied field. It recognises that in order to develop strategies for improving the decision-making process one needs to understand how decisions are made in practice and in what ways behaviour differs from guidelines implied by normative theories of choice. It is the interplay between descriptive, normative, and prescriptive analysis that gives this book a special flavour. Using a set of illustrative examples, Decision Sciences synthesises current research about different types of decision making, including individual, group, organisational, and societal. Special attention is given to the linkage between problem finding and problem solving. The principal message emerging from the book is that decision making entails a complex set of processes that need to be understood in order to develop sound prescriptions or policy advice.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- Part I Introduction -- The scope of decision sciences -- Problem finding and alternative generation -- Part II Individual decision making -- Prediction and inference -- Valuation and choice -- Evaluating prescriptive approaches -- Part III Multiperson decision making -- Group decision making -- Formal models of group decision making -- Organizational decision making -- Societal decision making -- Part IV Epilogue -- Summary and directions for the future -- Appendix A Expected utility theory with examples -- Appendix B Multi-attribute value functions: the case of certainty -- Appendix C Multi-attribute expected utility theory -- Sources -- Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-33812-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-32867-5
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139173537
