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Formal Methods in Policy Formulation

The Application of Bayesian Decision Analysis to the Screening, Structuring, Optimisation and Implementation of Policies within Complex Organisations

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  • © 1978

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Editors:
  1. Derek W. Bunn

    1. London Graduate School of Business Studies, UK

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  2. Howard Thomas

    1. London Graduate School of Business Studies, UK

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Part of the book series: Interdisciplinary Systems Research (ISR)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N2-XI
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  2. Analytical Methods in Policy Formulation

    1. The Field of Policy Analysis

      • Derek W. Bunn, Howard Thomas
      Pages 1-6

    2. What Can Cost Benefit Analysis Learn from Decision Analysis?

      • Alan Williams
      Pages 7-31

    3. Methodologies for Facility Siting Decisions

      • Gregory Baecher, Jacques Gros, Karen McCusker
      Pages 32-83

  3. The Implementation of the Decision Analysis Approach in Policy Formulation

    1. Problems in the Application of Decision Analytic Methods to Policy Formulation

      • Derek W. Bunn, Howard Thomas
      Pages 84-99

    2. Choosing the Dimensions and Uncertainties of an Evaluation

      • Philip Byer, Richard de Neufville
      Pages 100-122

    3. Assessing Technological Advancement Using Groups of Experts

      • Alvin J. Harman, S. James Press
      Pages 123-147

    4. Multiple Criteria Optimisation

      • Jean-Pierre Aubin, Bertil Naslund, Stanley Zionts
      Pages 148-167

    5. Use of Multidimensional Utility Functions in Hazardous Shipment Decisions

      • Robert E. Brooks, Ashok S. Kalelkar
      Pages 168-186

    6. Automating Decision Making for the Diagnosis Problem

      • Raymond Tremolieres
      Pages 187-197

    7. Planning Wildfire Protection for the Santa Monica Mountains: An Economic Analysis of Alternatives

      • D. Warner North, Fred L. Offensend, Charles N. Smart
      Pages 198-211

    8. Operational Research and Public Policy

      • John Stringer
      Pages 212-237

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 238-241
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Editors and Affiliations

  • London Graduate School of Business Studies, UK

    Derek W. Bunn, Howard Thomas

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Formal Methods in Policy Formulation

  • Book Subtitle: The Application of Bayesian Decision Analysis to the Screening, Structuring, Optimisation and Implementation of Policies within Complex Organisations

  • Editors: Derek W. Bunn, Howard Thomas

  • Series Title: Interdisciplinary Systems Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-5288-3

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-0971-8Published: 01 January 1978

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-5288-3Published: 03 September 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 241

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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