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Decision Sciences JournalEditorial Philosophy The central theme of the Decision Sciences Institute is not problem solving per se, but decision making in public and private organizations utilizing behavioral, economic, and quantitative methods of analysis. Decision Sciences articles, therefore, must have a decision-making orientation and address problems of managerial significance. A reasonable case should be made for the importance of the problem. Under this aegis, the Editor's objective is to attain a broad coverage of topics at a level of sophistication that will place the journal within the grasp of the entire membership. Educational research papers and tutorials that are not merely reportorial but make a unique contribution to the decision sciences and to the teaching of decision sciences will be welcome. Articles on new course designs or improved approaches to education in the decision sciences should, as a general rule, include evidence that the new designs or methods are indeed superior to other approaches. Conceptual and theoretical articles should make clear how their contents contribute to the decision- making process or our understanding of that process. Articles posing new methodologies or improvements over existing ones should make clear why they are important for decision makers to consider, and what important problems they address. Papers concerned with the development of algorithms that are not directly related to a specific decision problem will not be published in Decision Sciences. There is no restriction on the length of articles, particularly on the down side. However, conciseness will be considered a virtue. Articles must be written in the English language as Decision Sciences does not have the capability to do foreign language translations.
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