Reading list: decision analysis

Books

Clemen,R.T. and Reilly,T. 2001. Making hard decisions with Decision Tools. 2nd edition. Pacific Grove, California: Duxbury Press, 733pp. (very good textbook on decision analysis)
Petitti,D.B. 1994. Meta analysis, decision analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis: methods for quantitative synthesis in medicine. Monographs in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 24. New York: Oxford University Press. 246pp.
Pratt,J.W., Raiffa,H. and Schlaifer,R. 1995. Introduction to statistical decision theory.. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. 875pp.
Smith,R.D. 1995. Veterinary clinical epidemiology: A problem-oriented approach. 2nd edition. Boca Raton: CRC Press. 279pp. (good chapter on decision analysis)
Ragsdale,C.T. 1995. Spreadsheet modeling and decision analysis: A practical introduction to management science. Cambridge,MA: Course Technology. 718pp.
Weinstein,M.C. and Fineberg,H.V. 1980. Clinical decision analysis. Philadelphia: W.B.Saunders. 351pp.

Review publications

Beck,J.R. and Pauker,S.G.. 1983. The Markov process in medical prognosis. Medical Decision Making 3:4: 419-58.
Howard,R.A. 1988. Decision analysis: practice and promise. Management Science 34:6: 679-95.
Ngategize,P.K., Kaneene,J.B. and Harsh,S.B. 1986. Decision analysis in animal health programs: Merits and limitations. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 4: 187-97.
White,M.E. and Erb,H. 1982. Decision analysis in bovine practice. Compendium of Continuing Education 4:10: 426-30.