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The Prescriptive Orientation of Decision Making: A Synthesis of Decision Analysis, Behavioral Decision Making, and Game Theory

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In this presentation I would like, perhaps in a missionary style, to draw your attention to three broad concerns I have about the directions of research and practice of decision making, concerns that need to be addressed.

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Raiffa, H. (1994). The Prescriptive Orientation of Decision Making: A Synthesis of Decision Analysis, Behavioral Decision Making, and Game Theory. In: Ríos, S. (eds) Decision Theory and Decision Analysis: Trends and Challenges. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1372-4_1

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