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