INFORMS - Decision Analysis Society Publications Award 2014
The Decision Analysis Publication Award is given annually to the best decision analysis journal article or book published in the second preceding calendar year (i.e. calendar year 2012 for consideration in 2014).
The INFORMS publications award is accompanied by a plaque and a $750 honorarium. The intent of the award is to recognize the best publication in "decision analysis, broadly defined." This includes, but is not limited to, theoretical work on decision analysis methodology (including behavioral decision making and non-expected utility theory), descriptions of applications, and experimental studies.
The publications committee for this year included Ali Abbas (Chair), Jim Dyer, and David Budescu. We received 16 submissions this year, all of which were excellent and deserving of awards. This made our work more challenging (and more fun).
It is our pleasure to congratulate the winners of this year's publication award:
Manel Baucells and Rakesh Sarin for their book: Engineering Happiness, 2012. University of California Press.
The publication award committee would also like to recognize two papers as finalists:
Lichtendahl, K. C and S. Bodily. 2012. Multiplicative utility for health consumption. Decision Analysis , 9(4) 314-328.
and
Baucells M and F. Heukamp. 2012. Probability and Time Trade-off. Management Science, 58(4) 831-842.
I have been honored to serve as the 2014 chair of the DAS Publication Award. I would also like to thank the distinguished committee members Jim Dyer and David Budescu.
Ali E. Abbas,
Director, Homeland Security National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE)
University of Southern California
3710 McClintock Ave, RTH 316A
Los Angeles, CA, 90089-2902
Office: 213 740 0898 Fax: 213 821 3926
aliabbas@usc.edu
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