Decision Science

Ann Van Ackere, Kiriakos Vlahos

• Part 1 Uncertainty, risk and decision making: uncertainties in risk analysis - six levels of treatment, Elisabeth M. Pate-Cornell (1996); an overview of methods for applied decision analysis, Craig W. Kirkwood (1992); building models of values, Ralph L. Keeney (1988); rational choice and the framing of decisions, Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman (1986); valuing risky projects - option pricing theory and decision analysis, James E. Smith and Robert F. Nau (1995); resource allocation models with risk aversion and probabilistic dependence - offshore oil and gas bidding, Donald L. Keefer (1991); management and application of decision and risk analysis in Du Pont, F.V. Krumm and C.F. Rolle (1992). Part 2 Resource allocation and management: The Russell-Yasuda Kasai model - an asset/liability model for a Japanese insurance company using multistage stochastic programming, David R. Carino et al (1994); a model for planning resource requirements in health care organizations, kurt M. Bretthauer and Murrey J. Cote (1998); ratio and fronier analysis for assessing corporate performance - evidence from the grocery industry in the UK, Antreas D. Athanassopoulos and Joan A. Ballantine (1995); management science in automating postal operations - facility and equipment planning in the United States Postal Service, Michael E. Cebry et al. (Part contents.)