C. West Churchman

Thinkers1913 to 2004Systems philosopher

Works

  • An Approximate Measure of Value, Journal of the Operations Research Society of America, 1954

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Known for

Philosopher and systems scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, a pioneer of operations research, systems analysis, and ethics in management. With Russell Ackoff he proposed an approximate way to measure the value of alternatives by combining weighted scores on several objectives, an early form of the weighted decision matrix.

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