Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I: FUNDAMENTALS.- Introduction and Motivation.- Basic Concepts.- An Overview of the Main Areas of Decision Science.- History of Research on Decision-making.- Methodology of Decision Science.- Selected Decision Maxims.- PART II: MODELS AND FINDINGS.- Inductive Reasoning I Generalization and Sampling.- Inductive Reasoning II Forecasting.- Inductive Reasoning III Influenceof Comparing.- Comparing in General I Types of Utilities.- Comparing in General II Reference Dependence.- Comparing I Multiple States of the World.- Comparing II Multiple Periods.- Bibliography.- Index.

Decision Making' provides a broad survey of the field of decision making from the perspective of the economics researcher. The book is divided into two parts, the first provides a concise and systematic overview of the field of decision research, and the second goes deeper into key topics and debates within the field.