Ebook: 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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Content:
Front Matter....Pages N2-XI
The Field of Policy Analysis....Pages 1-6
What Can Cost Benefit Analysis Learn from Decision Analysis?....Pages 7-31
Methodologies for Facility Siting Decisions....Pages 32-83
Problems in the Application of Decision Analytic Methods to Policy Formulation....Pages 84-99
Choosing the Dimensions and Uncertainties of an Evaluation....Pages 100-122
Assessing Technological Advancement Using Groups of Experts....Pages 123-147
Multiple Criteria Optimisation....Pages 148-167
Use of Multidimensional Utility Functions in Hazardous Shipment Decisions....Pages 168-186
Automating Decision Making for the Diagnosis Problem....Pages 187-197
Planning Wildfire Protection for the Santa Monica Mountains: An Economic Analysis of Alternatives....Pages 198-211
Operational Research and Public Policy....Pages 212-237
Back Matter....Pages 238-241