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Decision-Aiding Software

Skills, Obstacles and Applications

Palgrave Macmillan

Authors:

  1. Stuart S. Nagel

    1. University of Illinois, USA

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Part of the book series: Policy Studies Organization Series (PSOS)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. An Overview of Decision-aiding Software

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. A Microcomputer Program for Decision-making

      • Stuart S. Nagel
      Pages 3-19

  3. Skills the Software Enhances

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Choosing Among Alternatives

      • Stuart S. Nagel
      Pages 23-36

    3. Allocating Scarce Resources

      • Stuart S. Nagel
      Pages 37-49

    4. Explaining and Predicting Behavior

      • Stuart S. Nagel
      Pages 50-70

    5. Teaching With Microcomputers

      • Stuart S. Nagel
      Pages 71-81

  4. Obstacles the Software Helps Overcome

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Multiple Dimensions on Multiple Goals

      • Stuart S. Nagel
      Pages 85-100

    3. Multiple Missing Information

      • Stuart S. Nagel
      Pages 101-111

    4. Multiple and Possibly Conflicting Constraints

      • Stuart S. Nagel
      Pages 112-127

  5. Applications to Diverse Fields

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Public Policy Problems

      • Stuart S. Nagel
      Pages 145-171

    3. Law Problems

      • Stuart S. Nagel
      Pages 172-210

    4. All Fields of Knowledge

      • Stuart S. Nagel
      Pages 211-229

  6. Supplementary Materials

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231
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    2. The Menu-tree for the Decision-aiding Software

      • Stuart S. Nagel
      Pages 233-239

    3. Testimonials for the Software

      • Stuart S. Nagel
      Pages 240-248
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About this book

The aim of this book is to clarify what is involved in using decision-aiding software in evaluative decision-making at a non-technical level. Topics covered include the skills that software enhances, the obstacles that it helps overcome, and the applications to diverse fields.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Illinois, USA

    Stuart S. Nagel

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Decision-Aiding Software

  • Book Subtitle: Skills, Obstacles and Applications

  • Authors: Stuart S. Nagel

  • Series Title: Policy Studies Organization Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11657-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Policy Studies Organisation 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-11659-1Published: 01 January 1991

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-11657-7Published: 18 June 1991

  • Series ISSN: 2947-065X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-0668

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 300

  • Topics: Computer Applications

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