agosta john ocscbnevdxqintelcom richard one yet mentioned west coast school decision analysis heres summary spawned small industry practitioners active 8090s firms trace back stanford research institutes decision analysis group founded 1968 adjunct engineeringeconomic systems dept ees stanford ron howards work contributed foundations james matheson carl spetzler instrumental creating practice others students gained familiarity practice red book howard ra matheson j e readings decision analysis menlo park ca sri 1977 sri maintains archives someday interesting scholar retrieve write early history group joined ees 1981 group left sri enter private consulting second generation decision analysts formed several independent firms located near stanford decision focus applied decision analysis strategic decisions group among ron james carl sdg none firms exist form heyday though successor firm keeps sdg name new groups followed recent years drug industry pharsight inc mountain view still traditional decision analysis team another smartorg wwwsmartorgcom decision analysis society associated informs publishes journal name current da work tracked see dec 2005 issue retrospective greg parnell west point president course many others dont space mention others fill details correct impressions history john mark agosta 408 7650429 machine learning 650 4654707 original message nhipljlbixengrorstedu mailtonhipljlbixengrorstedu behalf kathryn blackmond laskey sent sunday april 16 2006 101 pm kathryn blackmond laskey kevin van horn rich cc faqengrorstedu subject uai uses decision analysis added note teach decision risk analysis systems engineering operations research programs george mason university majority students working professionals many apply techniques professional lives im aware everything work sometimes choose workrelated topics class projects one example years ago student worked company makes peoplemovers airports developed decision support system elicited information construct multiattribute utility function provided recommendations kind peoplemover system airport install believe system used company among studied decision analysis pretty widely used know many people say although rarely perform fullblown quantitative decision analysis find approach problem structuring quite useful words qualititative heuristics making decisions follow decisionanalytic approach kathryn laskey 357 pm 0400 41406 kathryn blackmond laskey wrote please also see web site innovative decisions inc web site find long list publications includes numerous journal conference papers book chapters books many principals innovative decisions decision analysis since 70s publications list date back time others published within past months press web site also advertises chapter risk management recently published homeland security handbook kathryn laskey 724 pm 0700 33106 kevin van horn wrote fact lumina decision systems luminacom decisioneering decisioneeringcom palisade wwwpalisadecom treeage software wwwtreeagecom companies selling decision analysis software still business many years pretty good evidence corporate america use decision analysis probably find case studies websites mar 29 2006 731 rich wrote describing decision analysis class recently student actually applied job question came successfully applied real life problems although around whole life least since jimmy savages book 1954 actually aware real applications lot publications discuss problems look real eg clemens book real penzoil really analyze problem clemen describes course sitting ivory tower would know goes corporate america etc would curious learn real applications decision analysis especially ones published could expert system people use make one time decision thanks rich richard e neapolitan professor chair computer science northeastern illinois university 5500 n st louis chicago illinois 60625 uai mailing list _______________________________________________ uai mailing list faqengrorstedu httpssecureengroregonstateedumailmanlistinfouai _______________________________________________ uai mailing list faqengrorstedu httpssecureengroregonstateedumailmanlistinfouai wed 06 aug 2008 203621 0700 uai uses decision analysis