Call for Papers
Introduction
The Decision Analysis Society and INFORMS are pleased to announce the
creation of Decision Analysis, a new journal on all aspects of
decision analysis. In November of 2000, the INFORMS Board of Directors
approved the journal, and in May of 2001, they appointed Robert Clemen
and Don Kleinmuntz as co-editors. We anticipate publication of the
first issue in 2003, and in order to accomplish this ambitious goal,
we invite you to submit your decision-analysis manuscripts for
publication consideration. The information below describes the
journals editorial objectives, intended audience, and review
process. Please send us your best work!
Editorial Objectives Decision Analysis is dedicated to advancing the
theory, application, and teaching of all aspects of decision
analysis. The primary focus of the journal is to develop and study
operational decision-making methods, drawing on all aspects of
decision theory and decision analysis, with the ultimate objective of
providing practical guidance for decision makers. As such, the journal
aims to bridge the theory and practice of decision analysis,
facilitating communication and the exchange of knowledge among
decision analysts in academia, business, industry, and
government. Articles will contribute to these goals in many ways,
using a wide variety of methods and approaches. Appropriate topics
include the discussion of new or existing algorithms, procedures, or
processes for implementing decision analysis; cognitive,
organizational, or social issues in applying decision analysis;
innovative uses of information technology to perform decision
analysis; issues in applying decision analysis to real-world
situations; and other topics that further the theory and practice of
decision analysis. The journal also publishes articles that review and
summarize important topics or advances of interest to decision
analysts or that provide original historical, scholarly, or practical
perspectives on the field. In addition, the journal encourages
articles that support the teaching of best practices, such as
state-of-the art applications, case studies, and tutorial articles on
decision-analysis methods.
Audience
The Decision Analysis audience includes anyone interested in practical
aspects of decision analysis and decision theory. Because decision
theory and decision analysis are highly interdisciplinary, our
audience in the research community includes specialists in decision
theory, psychology, economics, statistics, forecasting, artificial
intelligence, decision support systems, operations research, and
management science. Our audience also includes practitioners of
decision analysis who work as consultants or as in-house experts
within organizations and those who teach courses in decision analysis
or decision making in general.
The Review Process
All submissions to Decision Analysis will be fully reviewed. Our goal
is to provide authors with reviews in less than three months. Authors
can help us to attain this goal by adhering to the submission
procedures outlined in Instructions for Authors
(http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~clemen/DAJournal/Authors.htm).
Editors
The co-editors are Bob Clemen (clemen@mail.duke.edu) and Don
Kleinmuntz (dnk@uiuc.edu). If you have questions, please feel free to
contact them. For more information and for author instructions, please
visit the Decision Analysis website at:
http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~clemen/DAJournal/
Robert T. Clemen
Fuqua School of Business
Duke University, Box 90120
Durham, NC 27708
clemen@mail.duke.edu
Don N. Kleinmuntz
Dept of Business Administration (MC-706)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1206 South Sixth St.
Champaign, IL 61820-6980
dnk@uiuc.edu
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