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Decision Theory/Analysis Organizations

Association for Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence
INFORMS Decision Analysis Society. This is a great site to learn about decision analysis.
INFORMS: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
International Society for Baysian Analysis
Society for Medical Decision Making

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Decision Theory/Analysis Commercial Sites

Yahoo/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Computers/Software/Business/Decision_Risk_Analysis/

Lumina Decision Systems, Inc. Makers of Analytica - an amazing modeling and uncertainty calculation tool
Microsoft Research Decision Theory Group
Scitor's Business Solutions Group
Decisioneering (makers of Crystal Ball - Monte carlo simulation)
Institute For Organizational Effectiveness Consulting and Education in Decision Making and Strategy Development

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Decision Theory/Analysis Conferences

Related Web Sites

Innovation & Decision Management

Journal Resources

Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

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Book Resources

Decision Analysis/Theory

Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Publications

The Analytic Hierarchy Process - Applications and Studies. Golden, B.L., P.T. Harker, and E.A. Wasil. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1989.
Multicriteria Decision Making - The Analytic Hierarchy Process. Saaty, Thomas L. Pittsburgh: RWS Publications, 1992.
Decision Making for Leaders. Saaty, Thomas L. Pittsburgh: RWS Publications, 1992.

Simple Multiattribute Rating Techniques (SMART) Publications

Decision Analysis and Behavioral Research. Von Winterfelt, D. and W. Edwards, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986.
Edwards, W. How to use multiattribute utility measurement for social decision making. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1977, 7, 326-340. (Note that the 7 is a volume number, not an issue number within the year.) Essentially the same paper appears as "Use of Multiattribute Utility Measurement for Social Decision Making," in D. Bell, R. Keeney, and H. Raiffa (Eds.) Conflicting Objectives in Decisions. New York: Wiley, 1977.
Edwards, W. Multiattribute Evaluation

General Approaches to Decision Making

Smart Choices - A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions. Hammond, John S., Ralph L. Keeney and Howard Raifa, Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 1998
Value Focused Thinking - A Path to Creative Decision Making. Keeney, Ralph L. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992
The Arithmetic of Life Shaffner, George, Ballantine Books, 1999.

Data Visualization

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Tufte, Edward R. Graphics Press: Chesire, Connecticut, 1983
Envisioning Information. Tufte, Edward R. Graphics Press: Chesire, Connecticut, 1990
Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative. Tufte, Edward R. Graphics Press: Chesire, Connecticut, 1997.
Designing Infographics. Meyer, Eric K. Hayden, 1997
Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference: Visual Tools for Analyzing, Managing, and Communicating. Harris, Robert L. Management Graphics, 1997
How to Lie With Charts, Gerald E. Jones, Sybex 1997

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GIS-user Resources

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