Formal methods in policy formulation : the application of Bayesian decision analysis to the screening, structuring, optimisation and implementation of policies within complex organisations

Author(s)

• Bunn, Derek W.
• Thomas, Howard

Bibliographic Information

Formal methods in policy formulation : the application of Bayesian decision analysis to the screening, structuring, optimisation and implementation of policies within complex organisations

Derek W. Bunn, Howard Thomas [editors]

（Interdisciplinary systems research, 49）

Birkhäuser, 1978

Note

Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Analytical Methods in Policy Formulation.- The Field of Policy Analysis.- What Can Cost Benefit Analysis Learn from Decision Analysis?.- Methodologies for Facility Siting Decisions.- The Implementation of the Decision Analysis Approach in Policy Formulation.- Problems in the Application of Decision Analytic Methods to Policy Formulation.- Choosing the Dimensions and Uncertainties of an Evaluation.- Assessing Technological Advancement Using Groups of Experts.- Multiple Criteria Optimisation.- Use of Multidimensional Utility Functions in Hazardous Shipment Decisions.- Automating Decision Making for the Diagnosis Problem.- Planning Wildfire Protection for the Santa Monica Mountains: An Economic Analysis of Alternatives.- Operational Research and Public Policy.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA12017762
• ISBN:
  • 3764309717
• LCCN: 79318544
• Country Code: sz
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basel ; Stuttgart
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 238 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : H61
  • DC : 309
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Policy sciences
  • LCSH : Bayesian statistical decision theory
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00407453