As editor-in-chief of Decision Analysis, I am delighted to share the winner and finalist of the Clemen-Kleinmuntz Decision Analysis Best Paper Award, for the best paper published in the journal in 2023.
The winning paper is by https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pubsonline.informs.org/action/doSearch?text1=Hazen*2C*Gordon&field1=Contrib__;JSs!!IaT_gp1N!2F5TvMlYLLFTrdTy8UM-FhOpMPodH-rdHkoriRwquyWNTFJmHkqPojiQSKKiggAUm9vrH1fIEF1oPKsf$. Click or tap if you trust this" rel="noopener">Gordon Hazen, https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pubsonline.informs.org/action/doSearch?text1=Borgonovo*2C*Emanuele&field1=Contrib__;JSs!!IaT_gp1N!2F5TvMlYLLFTrdTy8UM-FhOpMPodH-rdHkoriRwquyWNTFJmHkqPojiQSKKiggAUm9vrH1fIEO-cKnsP$. Click or tap if you trus" rel="noopener">Emanuele Borgonovo, and https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pubsonline.informs.org/action/doSearch?text1=Lu*2C*Xuefei&field1=Contrib__;JSs!!IaT_gp1N!2F5TvMlYLLFTrdTy8UM-FhOpMPodH-rdHkoriRwquyWNTFJmHkqPojiQSKKiggAUm9vrH1fIEMc6MvqF$. Click or tap if you trust this li" rel="noopener">Xuefei Lu, "Information Density in Decision Analysis," Decision Analysis 20(2):89-108. The award comes with a $2,000 cash prize. Funding for the award is provided by an endowment established by the Kleinmuntz Family Foundation.
The finalist is:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pubsonline.informs.org/action/doSearch?text1=Burk*2C*Roger*Chapman&field1=Contrib__;JSsr!!IaT_gp1N!2F5TvMlYLLFTrdTy8UM-FhOpMPodH-rdHkoriRwquyWNTFJmHkqPojiQSKKiggAUm9vrH1fIEJ1X0Twq$. Click or tap if you tru" rel="noopener">Roger Chapman Burk and https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pubsonline.informs.org/action/doSearch?text1=Nehring*2C*Richard*M&field1=Contrib__;JSsr!!IaT_gp1N!2F5TvMlYLLFTrdTy8UM-FhOpMPodH-rdHkoriRwquyWNTFJmHkqPojiQSKKiggAUm9vrH1fIEFDTAfuj$. Click or tap if you trus" rel="noopener">Richard M. Nehring, "An Empirical Comparison of Rank-Based Surrogate Weights in Additive Multiattribute Decision Analysis," Decision Analysis 20(1):55-72.
Please join me in congratulating the authors for their accomplishments, and in thanking the members of the 2023 Award Selection Committee: Saurabh Bansal (Chair); Jay Simon; and Jun Zhuang. Both papers are currently available free-access at https://pubsonline.informs.org/page/deca/decision-analysis-special-recognition-award.
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Vicki Bier
Professor Emerita
University of Wisconsin
Madison WI
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