Complex Decision Making: Theory and Practice (Understanding Complex Systems) [Hardcover]

Hassan Qudrat-Ullah (Editor), J. Michael Spector (Editor), Paal Davidsen (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 16, 2007 | Series: Understanding Complex Systems

Today's ever more complex world creates challenges for decision makers. This volume reviews the principles underlying complex decision making, the handling of uncertainties in dynamic environments, and the various modeling approaches. Beginning with a discussion of the underlying concepts, theories and empirical evidence, the book gives you a range of practical tools and techniques for decision making in complex environments and systems.

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The increasingly complex environment of today's world, characterized by technological innovation and global communication, generates myriads of possible and actual interactions while limited physical and intellectual resources severely impinge on decision makers, be it in the public or private domains. At the core of the decision-making process is the need for quality information that allows the decision maker to better assess the impact of decisions in terms of outcomes, nonlinear feedback processes and time delays on the performance of the complex system invoked.  This volume is a timely review on the principles underlying complex decision making, the handling of uncertainties in dynamic envrionments and of the various modeling approaches used. The book consists of five parts, each composed of several chapters:  I: Complex Decision Making: Concepts, Theories and Empirical Evidence II: Tools and Techniques for Decision Making in Complex Environments and Systems III: System Dynamics and Agent-Based Modeling IV: Methodological Issues V: Future Directions          

Product Details

• Hardcover: 350 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (November 16, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3540736646
• ISBN-13: 978-3540736646
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,867,856 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)