kathryn blackmond laskey voqydpjgmuedu 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 232921 0400 uai uses decision analysis