Creating More and Better Alternatives for Decisions Using Objectives

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.2015.1411

References

  • Ackoff RL (1978) The Art of Problem Solving (John Wiley & Sons, New York).Google Scholar
  • Adams JL (1979) Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas, 2nd ed. (Norton, New York).Google Scholar
  • Bond SD, Carlson KA, Keeney RL (2008) Generating objectives: Can decision makers articulate what they want? Management Sci. 54(1):56–70.LinkGoogle Scholar
  • Bond SD, Carlson KA, Keeney RL (2010) Improving the generation of decision objectives. Decision Anal. 7(3):238–255.LinkGoogle Scholar
  • Butler AB, Scherer LL (1997) The effects of elicitation aids, knowledge, and problem content on option quantity and quality. Organ. Behav. Human Decision Processes 72(2):184–202.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Gettys CF, Pliske RM, Manning C, Casey JT (1987) An evaluation of human act generation performance. Organ. Behav. Human Decision Processes 39(1):23–51.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Howard RA (1988) Decision analysis: Practice and promise. Management Sci. 34(6):679–695.LinkGoogle Scholar
  • Jungermann H, von Ulardt I, Hausmann L (1983) The role of the goal for generating actions. Humphreys P, Svenson O, Vari A, eds. Analyzing and Aiding Decision Processes (North-Holland, Amsterdam), 223–236.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Keeney RL (1992) Value-Focused Thinking: A Path to Creative Decisionmaking (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA).Google Scholar
  • Keeney RL (2012) Value-focused brainstorming. Decision Anal. 9(4): 303–313.LinkGoogle Scholar
  • Keller LR, Ho JL (1988) Decision problem structuring: Generating options. IEEE Trans. Systems 18(5):715–728.Google Scholar
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (2005) Federal building and fire safety investigation of the World Trade Center disaster: Final report of the National Construction Safety Team on the collapses of the World Trade Center Towers (NIST NCSTAR 1). Report, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC, http://www.nist.gov/customcf/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=909017.Google Scholar
  • Pitz G, Sachs N, Heerboth T (1980) Procedures for eliciting choices in the analysis of individual decisions. Organ. Behav. Human Performance 26(3):396–408.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Selart M, Johansen ST (2011) Understanding the role of value-focused thinking in idea management. Creativity Innovation Management 20(3):196–206.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Tani SN, Parnell GS (2013) Design creative alternatives. Parnell GS, Bresnick TA, Tani SN, Johnson ER, eds. Handbook of Decision Analysis, 1st ed. (John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ), 149–165.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • Zwicky F (1967) The morphological approach to discovery, invention, research and construction. Zwicky F, Wilson AG, eds. New Methods of Thought and Procedure. Contributions to the Symposium on Methodologies (Springer, Berlin), 273–297.CrossrefGoogle Scholar
INFORMS site uses cookies to store information on your computer. Some are essential to make our site work; Others help us improve the user experience. By using this site, you consent to the placement of these cookies. Please read our Privacy Statement to learn more.