Ronald A. Howard

Thinkers1934 to 2024Decision analyst

Works

  • Decision Analysis: Applied Decision Theory, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Operational Research, 1966

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A Stanford professor who coined the term decision analysis in his 1966 paper and helped found the field, which models a decision with alternatives, probabilities, and values. He also helped develop the influence diagram.

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