Decision-making: creativity, judgment, and systems

The essays assembled in this volume were prepared by the authors for presentation on the campus of the Ohio State University at the Thomas A. Boyd interdisciplinary conference on decision-making aids. Through the financial support of the College of Engineering, the Thomas A. Boyd Lecture Fund, and the School of Architecture, the conference was established as a means for bringing together an interdisciplinary group of scientists and scholars for a wide-ranging discussion of the many aspects of emerging decision-aid research and applications along with their implications for professional activities and professional education. Consonant with the excellence and achievement stimulated by Thomas A. Boyd's support for higher education, the conference and the papers presented in this volume are dedicated to the advancement of the use of scientific methods for decision-making within the several disciplines concerned with enhancing environment and the well-being of people.