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Decision research with descriptive, normative, and prescriptive purposes — Some comments

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These comments are based on my panelist's comments at the Decision Analysis: Normative, Descriptive, and Prescriptive Approaches Session chaired by Robert L. Winkler at the ORSA/TIMS St. Louis meeting in October 1987.

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Keller, L.R. Decision research with descriptive, normative, and prescriptive purposes — Some comments. Ann Oper Res 19, 485–487 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02283536

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