Decision Analysis Publication Award

2024 Winner(s)

Winning material: Axiomatizing the Bayesian Paradigm in Parallel Small Worlds

Purpose of the Award

The Decision Analysis Society Publication Award is given annually to the best decision analysis journal article or book published in the second preceding calendar year, as judged by an award committee. 

For more information about eligibility, procedures, and deadlines.

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Past Awardees

2024 Winner(s)
Simon French
2024 Finalist
Zachary J. Smith, UT Austin Eric Bickel, University of Texas
Robert Mislavsky, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University Celia Gaertig, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
2023 Winner(s)
Ying He
2023 Finalist
Lawrence Blume, Cornell University David Easley, Cornell University Joseph Y. Halpern, Cornell University
Mark Himmelstein, Fordham University
 Pavel Atanasov, IE Business School David V. Budescu, Fordham University
2022 Winner(s)
Saurabh Bansal Genaro J. Gutierrez
2022 Finalist
Ashley Luckman, University of Exeter
 Chris Donkin, University of New South Wales
 Ben R. Newell, University of New South Wales
Sasa Zorc Ilia Tsetlin, Duke University
2021 Winner(s)
Asa Palley Jack Soll
2021 Finalist
Robert L. Winkler, Duke University Yael S. Grushka-Cockayne, University of Virginia Kenneth C. Lichtendahl Jr Victor Richmond R. Jose, Georgetown University
Yuyu Fan, AllianceBernstein LP
 David V. Budescu, Fordham University
 David Mandel, Toronto Research Centre
 Mark Himmelstein, Fordham University
2020 Winner(s)
Eva Regnier, Naval Postgraduate School
2020 Finalist
Berkeley J. Dietvorst, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
 Joseph P. Simmons, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
 Cade Massey, University of Chicago
2019 Winner(s)
Yael S. Grushka-Cockayne, University of Virginia Victor Richmond R. Jose, Georgetown University Kenneth C. Lichtendahl Jr
2019 Finalist
Alfred Müller, University of Siegen
 Marco Scarsini, LUISS
 Ilia Tsetlin, Duke University Robert L. Winkler, Duke University
Loïc Berger, IESEG School of Management and RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment (EIEE)
 Johannes Emmerling, RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment (EIEE)
 Massimo Tavoni, Politecnico di Milan
2018 Winner(s)
Gülden Ülkümen, University of Southern California
 Craig R. Fox, University of California - Los Angeles Bertram F. Malle, Brown University
2018 Finalist
Alex Imas, Carnegie Mellon University
2017 Winner(s)
Neil Stewart Stian Reimers Adam Harris
2017 Finalist
Jo Eidsvik, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Tapan Mukerji, Stanford University Debarun Bhattacharjya, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
2016 Winner(s)
Amit Kothiyal Vitalie Spinu Peter P. Wakker, Erasmus University
2016 Finalist
Albert E. Mannes Jack Soll Richard Larrick
Nikolaos Argyris Alec Morton, University of Strathclyde José Rui Figueira
2015 Winner(s)
David B. Brown, Duke University James E. Smith, Duke University
2015 Finalist
Kenneth C. Lichtendahl Jr. Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia Phillip Pfeifer
Jeff Stonebraker, Bayer Biological Products
2014 First Place
Manel Baucells, IESE Business School, Barcelona Rakesh Sarin, University of California - Los Angeles
2014 Finalist
Manel Baucells, IESE Business School, Barcelona Franz H. Heukamp, IESE Business School, Barcelona
Kenneth C. Lichtendahl Jr Samuel E. Bodily, University of Virginia, Darden Graduate School of Business
2013 First Place
Ahti Salo, Aalto University Jeff Keisler, University of Massachusetts-Boston Alec Morton, University of Strathclyde
2013 Finalist
Ali E. Abbas
Ali E. Abbas David E. Bell, Harvard University
2012 First Place
Samuel D. Bond , Georgia Institute of Technology Kurt A. Carlson , Georgetown University Ralph L. Keeney, USC
2012 Finalist
Gregory S. Parnell Christopher M. Smith Frederick I. Moxley Kenneth C. Lichtendahl Jr. Samuel E. Bodily, University of Virginia, Darden Graduate School of Business
2011 First Place
James E. Matheson, SmartOrg Inc. Ali Abbas, Department of Industrial and Systems
2010 First Place
George Wu, University of Chicago Alex B. Markle, New York University
2009 First Place
Mohammed Abdellaoui, CNRS France
 Han Bleichrodt, IMTA Erasmus University Corina Paraschiv
2009 Finalist
Kenneth C. Lichtendahl Jr. , Darden School of Business Robert L. Winkler, Duke University
2008 First Place
Louis Eeckhoudt Harris Schlesinger
2008 Finalist
Henry P. Stott
Fabio Maccheroni Massimo Marinacci, Universita de Torino Aldo Rustichini
2007 First Place
Craig R. Fox, University of California - Los Angeles Robert T. Clemen, Duke University
2006 First Place
Robert F. Bordley, Professor of Engineering Practice and director of the Systems Engineering and Design Program within the Integrative Sciences Division in the College of Engineering, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Craig W. Kirkwood, Dept. of Supply Chain Management, Arizona State University
2005 First Place
Daniel Kahneman, Princeton University
2004 First Place
Richard M. Anderson, Duke University Benjamin F. Hobbs, Johns Hopkins University
2003 First Place
Han Bleichrodt, Erasmus University Jose Luis Pinto Peter P. Wakker, Erasmus University
2002 First Place
Sylvia J.T. Jansen Anne M. Stiggelbout Peter P. Wakker, Erasmus University Marianne A. Nooij Evert M. Noordijk Job Kievit
2001 First Place
John S. Hammond, John S Hammond Associates Ralph L. Keeney, USC Howard Raiffa, Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration
2000 First Place
James E. Smith, Duke University
1999 First Place
Elke U. Weber, Columbia University Business School Richard A. Milliman
1998 First Place
Gordon Hazen, Northwestern University James Pellesier
1997 First Place
James E. Smith, Duke University Robert F. Nau, Duke University
1996 First Place
Elisabeth Paté-Cornell , Stanford University Paul S. Fischbeck, Carnegie Mellon University
1995 First Place
James E. Smith, Duke University
1994 First Place
Ralph L. Keeney, USC
1993 First Place
Robert T. Clemen, Duke University
1992 First Place
Robert T. Clemen, Duke University Robert L. Winkler, Duke University
1991 First Place
Peter C. Fishburn Irving H. LaValle, Tulane University
1990 First Place
Ross Shachter, Stanford University