Handbook for Decision Analysis

Abstract

This handbook is intended to provide decision makers and their staffs (current or potential) with an introduction to the basic concepts and operations of decision analysis. Decision analysis is a quantitative method which permits the systematic evaluation of the costs or benefits accruing to courses of action that might be taken in a decision problem. It entails identification of the alternative choices involved, the assignment of values (costs/benefits) for possible outcomes, and the expression of the probability of those outcomes being realized. With this information at hand, one can then systematically combine the values and probabilities to show the probable gain or loss that is associated with alternative choices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA049221

Entities

People

  • Cameron R. Peterson
  • Clinton W. Kelly Iii
  • Lawrence D. Phillips
  • Rex V. Brown
  • Scott Barclay

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Case Studies
  • Computer Programs
  • Detectors
  • Geographic Regions
  • Governments
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Psychology
  • Task Forces
  • Urban Areas
  • Ussr

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.