Dear Colleagues,
As Editor-in-Chief of Decision Analysis, I am delighted to announce the winner and finalist of the 2025 Clemen–Kleinmuntz Decision Analysis Best Paper Award, recognizing the best paper published in the journal during the 2025 calendar year.
The Clemen–Kleinmuntz Decision Analysis Best Paper Award (formerly the Decision Analysis Special Recognition Award) is presented annually to honor the most outstanding paper published in Decision Analysis in the preceding year. The award is announced each March and includes a commemorative plaque and a cash prize of $2,000, supported by an endowment established by the Kleinmuntz Family Foundation.
Papers are evaluated based on the following criteria:
• A strong foundation in decision analysis,
• A significant contribution to theory and/or practice, and
• Broad interest and influence within the decision analysis community.
The 2025 Award Winner is
Ali Abbas and Gordon Hazen
"On the Value of Information Across Decision Problems"
Decision Analysis, Volume 22, Issue 1, March 2025
The 2025 Finalist is:
N. Onur Bakır
"On the Value of the Tail Event Information"
Decision Analysis, Volume 22, Issue 2, June 2025
Please join me in congratulating the authors on their outstanding contributions. I would also like to sincerely thank the members of the 2025 Award Selection Committee for their thoughtful evaluation and service: Andrea Hupman (Chair), Manel Baucells, Xuefei Lu, and Jay Simon.
Both papers will be available with free access for the next 12 months on the
Decision Analysis website.
Decision Analysis is a peer-reviewed international journal published by INFORMS dedicated to advancing the theory, application, and teaching of all aspects of decision analysis. The primary focus of the journal is to develop and study operational decision-making methods, drawing on all aspects of decision theory, decision analysis, and behavioral decision theory with the ultimate objective of providing practical guidance for decision makers.
Congratulations again to all the authors and thank you for your continued contributions to our community.
Best regards,
Jun Zhuang
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Jun Zhuang
Editor-in-Chief, Decision Analysis
Associate Dean for Research, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Morton C. Frank Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
308B Bell Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260-2050, USA
Email:
jzhuang@buffalo.eduPhone: 1-716-645-4707; Fax: 1-716-645-3302
Web:
http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/~jzhuang/------------------------------