INFORMS to Launch Decision Analysis

The Decision Analysis Society and INFORMS announced the creation of Decision Analysis, a new journal on all aspects of decision analysis. In November 2000 the INFORMS Board of Directors approved the journal, and in May 2001 they appointed Robert T. Clemen and Don N. Kleinmuntz as co-editors-in-chief. We anticipate publication of the first issue in 2003 and, to accomplish this ambitious goal, we invite you to submit your decision analysis manuscripts for publication consideration. The information below describes the journal's editorial objectives, intended audience and review process. Please send us your best work!

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 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.

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.

All submissions to Decision Analysis will be fully reviewed. Our goal is to provide authors with reviews within three months.

Contact: Robert T. Clemen, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Box 90120, Durham, NC 27708; phone: (919) 660-8005; e-mail: clemen@mail.duke.edu; or Don N. Kleinmuntz, Department of Business Administration (MC-706), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1206 South Sixth Street, Champaign, IL 61820; phone: (217) 333-0694; e-mail: dnk@uiuc.edu.