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The QFlex Distribution
- Eric Bickel
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  Eric Bickel
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  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7025-9494
  The University of Texas at Austin, Operations Research, Austin, Texas, 78712-0292, United States
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- Connor Colombe
  Connor Colombe
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  The University of Texas at Austin, Operations Research & Industrial Engineering, Austin, Texas, United States
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- Benjamin D. Leibowicz
  Benjamin D. Leibowicz
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  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0796-8666
  The University of Texas at Austin, Operations Research & Industrial Engineering, Austin, Texas, United States
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Published Online:September 4, 2026
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Quantile-parameterized distributions (QPDs) are widely used in decision analysis because expert judgments are naturally expressed in terms of quantiles. Existing QPD families such as the Metalog offer considerable flexibility but lack analytic ...
Strategic Expert Aggregation: A Hierarchical Bayesian Framework for Robust Decisions in Final Offer Arbitration
- Yao Zhao
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  Yao Zhao
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  http://orcid.org/0009-0008-9896-9210
  Temple University, Department of Statistics, Operations, and Data Science, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19122, United States
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Published Online:September 1, 2026
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In final offer arbitration, a single submission is final, irreversible, and binding: the arbitrator selects one party's number without compromise, and millions of dollars can hinge on whether that number was set well. The decision rests entirely on ...
Discrete-Time Sequential Persuasive Game for Containing SIS Epidemic Propagation
- Urmee Maitra
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  Urmee Maitra
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  http://orcid.org/0009-0007-9829-3743
  Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Electrical Engineering, Kharagpur, India
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- Ashish Ranjan Hota
  Ashish Ranjan Hota
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  Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Electrical Engineering, Kharagpur, WB, India
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Published Online:August 13, 2026
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Containing the spread of infectious diseases is a challenging problem, both for central authorities as well as individuals, especially when the infected individuals are asymptomatic, and the decisions need to be made under incomplete information and ...
LAMDA: Large Language Model as Decision Analyst
- Yifan Hong
  Yifan Hong
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  https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2314-355X
  Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Sizhong Qin
  Sizhong Qin
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  Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Chen Wang
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  Chen Wang
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  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3769-5582
  Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Published Online:August 7, 2026
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Influence diagrams address the challenges of decision making under risk by structuring information, decisions, and values, while clearly depicting uncertainties and probabilistic dependencies. However, constructing an influence diagram requires expertise ...
The Role of Expectations and Explicit Accuracy Information in the Utilization of Advice from Human-in-the-Loop Systems
- Alessandra Cillo
  Alessandra Cillo
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  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5765-2830
  LIUC Cattaneo University, 21053 Castellanza, Italy
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- Claudia Sessa
  Claudia Sessa
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  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0065-2964
  LIUC Cattaneo University, 21053 Castellanza, Italy; and Tech Europe Foundation, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Canan Ulu
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  Canan Ulu
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  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0498-1497
  McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia 20057
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- Emanuele Borgonovo
  Emanuele Borgonovo
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  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8659-6017
  Department of Decision Sciences, Bocconi University, 20136 Milan, Italy
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Published Online:July 13, 2026
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Human-in-the-loop (HiL) systems integrate human judgment with algorithmic output, combining computational processing with human oversight and expertise. Despite their growing prevalence as sources of advice in organizational decision making, the extent to ...

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