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The world changes quickly, and decision analysis is changing with it. The good news is that the Internet, and especially the World Wide Web (WWW), can help us keep abreast of new developments.
For students and instructors, I encourage you to visit the website of the Decision Analysis Section of the Institute For Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS). The current address is http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/faculty/daweb/. This organization provides focus for decision analysts worldwide and many others with interests in all aspects of decision making. And on the Section's web page, you will find links to many related sites.
While you are keeping up with changes, I hope that you will help me do the same. I encourage you to provide feedback on the second edition of Making Hard Decisions by sending email to {clemen -at- duke -dot- edu}. You may also send regular mail to Robert Clemen, Fuqua School of Business, Box 90120, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708. Please let me know of (hopefully the few) mistakes or typos that you may find in the book, innovative ways to teach decision analysis, new case studies, or interesting applications of decision analysis.
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Introduction | New in the Second Edition | Guidelines for Students
Computers and Decision Analysis | A Word to Instructors
Keeping Up with Changes | Acknowledgements
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