Bibliography

A chronology and thematic grouping of major works by Professor Ronald A. Howard of Stanford University. The bibliography highlights significant contributions to Decision Analysis, dynamic programming, risk and ethics, and knowledge representation. Citation counts are approximate and based on publisher and scholarly index data.

Chronological Bibliography

  • 1959: Studies in Discrete Dynamic Programming (Sc.D. Thesis, MIT).
  • 1960: Dynamic Programming and Markov Processes, MIT Press.
  • 1966: Decision Analysis: Applied Decision Theory, Proc. 4th Int’l Conf. on Operational
    Research.
  • 1966: Information Value Theory, IEEE T-SSC.
  • 1968: The Foundations of Decision Analysis, IEEE T-SSC.
  • 1970: Decision Analysis: Perspectives on Inference, Decision, and Experimentation,
    Proc. IEEE.
  • 1975: Social Decision Analysis, Proc. IEEE.
  • 1980: An Assessment of Decision Analysis, Operations Research.
  • 1980: On Making Life and Death Decisions, in Societal Risk Assessment (Plenum).
  • 1983–1984: Readings on the Principles and Applications of Decision Analysis (Vol. 1–2),
    eds. Howard & Matheson.
  • 1988: Decision Analysis: Practice and Promise, Management Science.
  • 1988: Uncertainty about Probability, Risk Analysis.
  • 1989: Microrisks for Medical Decision Analysis, Int J Technol Assess Health Care.
  • 1989: Knowledge Maps, Management Science.
  • 2004: Speaking of Decisions: Precise Decision Language, Decision Analysis.
  • 2005: Influence Diagrams & Retrospective (with J.E. Matheson), Decision Analysis.
  • 2008: Ethics for the Real World (with C. Korver), Harvard Business Press.
  • 2015: Foundations of Decision Analysis (with A. Abbas), Pearson.

Thematic Grouping of Works


Foundations of Decision Analysis

  • 1966 Applied Decision Theory
  • 1968 Foundations of Decision Analysis
  • 1980 Assessment of Decision Analysis
  • 1988 Practice and Promise
  • 2015 Foundations of Decision Analysis (with Abbas)

Value of Information

  • 1966 Information Value Theory
  • 1967 Value-of-Information Lotteries

Dynamic Programming / MDPs

  • 1960 Dynamic Programming and Markov Processes Influence Diagrams
  • 1981/1984 Influence Diagrams (Readings)
  • 2005 Influence Diagram Retrospective

Risk, Mortality, and Ethics

  • 1980 On Making Life and Death Decisions
  • 1989 Microrisks for Medical Decision Analysis
  • 2008 Ethics for the Real World (with Korver)

Knowledge Representation

  • 1989 Knowledge Maps

Most Cited Works (Approximate Citation Counts)

  • 1988: Decision Analysis: Practice and Promise – ≈1200 citations
  • 1968: The Foundations of Decision Analysis – ≈400 citations
  • 1989: Knowledge Maps – ≈300 citations
  • 2005: Influence Diagrams & Retrospective – ≈500 combined citations
  • 1988: Uncertainty about Probability – ≈100 citations
  • 1960: Dynamic Programming and Markov Processes – Widely cited in RL and OR
    literature citations
  • 1989: Microrisks for Medical Decision Analysis – ≈60 citations

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