Category Archives: Decision Making

Beyond Data-Driven Decisions

This is a title of the article published by Eric Larson today. “Intelligent business leaders are noticing something important: having lots of data doesn’t always mean making good choices. So now, companies are changing how they use data. They’re moving away … Continue reading

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More about Decision Fairness

The question “Could we achieve fairness in our automatic decision-making?” continues to be on minds of many decision intelligence partitioners. Jacob Feldman in his new post “How decision models deal with fairness” looks at 7 real-world decision-making applications in development of … Continue reading

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Making decisions within an uncertain environment

Warren Powell provided interesting comments the the latest NY Times article “When it comes to math, AI is dumb” that states: “Early computers followed rules. AI follows probabilities. But in mathematics, there is no probable answer, only the right one”. Probabilists … Continue reading

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Decision Modeling and Fairness

Could we achieve fairness in our automatic decision-making? This question was actively discussed in the presentation “How to make optimal decisions (that are unfair, biased and non-objective)” given by Dr. Guido Tack in May of 2024. While Guido used the … Continue reading

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How to Introduce Optimization

Prof. Warren B. Powell published a new book “A Modern Approach to Teaching an Introduction to Optimization“. He states: “Optimization should be the science of making the best decisions we can… The vast majority of optimization problems are used to make … Continue reading

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Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won a Nobel Prize in economics for his insights into how ingrained neurological biases influence decision making, died Wednesday at the age of 90. Link Read “Thinking, Fast and Slow” for free.

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Focus on Decision-Making Under Uncertainty

Meinoff Sellmann, a well-known expert in Operation Research (OR), gives this advice: “No surfer has ever surfed a wave by paddling to a place where others are already surfing the tube. In 2024, generative AI is the latest fashion. And … Continue reading

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Decision-makers behind the curtain

Cassie Kozyrkov: When it comes to AI, which part am I most concerned about? The decision-maker behind the curtain. Forget creepy robots — if there’s anything to fear, it’s human negligence. Most people think of AI as a tool for … Continue reading

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Gartner: “Decision-Centric” is surpassing “Data-Driven”

Gartner predicts that by 2028, 25% of chief data and analytics officer vision statements will become “decision-centric,” surpassing “data-driven” slogans, as human decision-making behaviors are modeled to improve data and analytics. Data alone doesn’t change decision-making behaviors, unless it is … Continue reading

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Decision-making under uncertainty

Making decisions under uncertainty is hard. The best course of action can be very counter-intuitive. Meinolf Sellmann provided a good example that illustrates this. His article “A Tale of Two Coffees” showcases a tool that cuts through the uncertainty, even … Continue reading

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