Decision Theory and Decision Analysis: Trends and Challenges

Preface. I: Overviews. 1. The Prescriptive Orientation of Decision Making: a Synthesis of Decision Analysis, Behavioral Decision Making, and Game Theory H. Raiffa. 2. A Perspective on Recent Developments in Utility Theory S. French, Zhigang Xie. 3. Decision Influence Diagrams and Their Uses J.W. Smith. 4. A Pyramid of Decision Approaches P.J.H. Schoemaker, J.E. Russo. II: Theory and Foundations. 5. Direct Decision Making Y. Coignard, J.-Y. Jaffray. 6. On Some Conditions for the Ellsberg Phenomenon A. Montesano. 7. On the Foundations of Robust Decision Making D. Rios Insua, J. Martin. 8. Rational Comparisons and Numerical Representations G. Regoli. 9. Robust Decision Making as a Decision Making Aid under Uncertainty L.F. Escudero. 10. Topological Characterizations of Posets R. Isler, G. Bosi. 11. Inference in Multidimensional Gaussian Processes P. Ibarrola, R. Velez. III: Applications. 12. An Explanation and Characterization for the Buying of Lotteries H. Fennema, P. Wakker. 13. Stochastic Dominance for Elliptical Distributions: Applications in Bayesian Inference F.J. Giron. 14. The Nearly Perfect Auctioneer: Cryptographic Protocols for Auctions and Bidding H. Nurmi, A. Salomaa. 15. Optimal Hypothesis Testing with a Vague Prior J.-Y. Jaffray, T. Said. 16. Multiple Criteria Decision Making: Some Connections with Economic Analysis E. Ballestero, C. Romero. 17. Experiments in Robust Decision Making S.Rios, S. Rios-Insua, D. Rios Insua, J.G. Pachon. 18. Heuristic Solving of NP-Complete Job-Shop Scheduling Problems by Multicriteria Optimisation R. Straubel, B. Holznagel, A. Wittmuss, U. Barmann. 19. Multiple Choices in an Oligopolistic Market: Explicative Models and Neural Networks P. Gianoglio, A. Ostanello. 20. Expert-Based Value Functions for Soil Pollutants: Assessment and Aggregation of Responses E. Beinat, P. Rietveld.