From the Editors---Brainstorming, Multiplicative Utilities, Partial Information on Probabilities or Outcomes, and Regulatory Focus

  • Authors:
  • L. Robin Keller;Ali Abbas;J. Eric Bickel;Vicki M. Bier;David V. Budescu;John C. Butler;Enrico Diecidue;Robin L. Dillon-Merrill;Raimo P. Hämäläinen;Kenneth C. Lichtendahl;Jason R. W. Merrick;Jay R. Simon;George Wu

  • Affiliations:
  • University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697;University of Illinois at Urbana--Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801;University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712;University of Wisconsin--Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706;Fordham University, Bronx, New York 10458;University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712;INSEAD, 77305 Fontainebleau Cedex, France;Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057;Aalto University, 00076 Aalto, Finland;University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903;Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284;Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California 93943;University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637

  • Venue:
  • Decision Analysis
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

This is the final issue under this Editor-in-Chief, so this column is fittingly coauthored with the associate editors, whose terms also end with this issue, to emphasize their major role in the leadership of the journal. We first introduce incoming Editor-in-Chief Rakesh K. Sarin, briefly review this year's operations, and thank our editorial board and referees. Then we move on to this issue's five research articles. In our first article, Ralph L. Keeney presents “Value-Focused Brainstorming.” Next, Kenneth C. Lichtendahl Jr. and Samuel E. Bodily develop models for “Multiplicative Utilities for Health and Consumption.” Then, Luis V. Montiel and J. Eric Bickel present “A Simulation-Based Approach to Decision Making with Partial Information.” Our fourth article, by Kash Barker and Kaycee J. Wilson, is “Decision Trees with Single and Multiple Interval-Valued Objectives.” Our final article, by Anton Kühberger and Christian Wiener, is on “Explaining Risk Attitude in Framing Tasks by Regulatory Focus: A Verbal Protocol Analysis and a Simulation Using Fuzzy Logic.”