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Working with Policy Makers on Their Choices: A Decision Analyst Reminisces

School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030
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As a decision consultant and researcher, I discuss 40 years of working with policy makers on energy, environmental and foreign policy, defense, and other national issues, making heavy use of applied decision theory. I focus attention on decisions with significant human interest—where clients have sought not only to improve their own decisions, but also to justify them and to influence the decisions of others. I reflect on political, administrative, legal, and personal considerations involved.

Key Words: decision analysis; applications; government; applications; infrastructure decisions; applications; public policy
History: Received on October 10, 2008. Accepted on December 24, 2008.

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