Howard Raiffa

Howard Raiffa (* 1924) is an American mathematical statistician who is known for work in decision theory and game theory.

Raiffa studied mathematics at the University of Michigan (Bachelor in 1947, Master 1948), where he received his doctorate in 1952 at Arthur Herbert Copeland ( 1898-1970 ) ( Arbitration Schemes for Generalized Two - Person Games), and assistant professor of mathematical statistics at the Columbia University. In 1960 he became a professor ( Frank Plumpton Ramsey Professor from 1964 ) at Harvard University. Most recently, he was Professor of Managerial Economics at Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School ( John F. Kennedy School of Government ), whose founder he was. In 1994, he went into retirement. He was the first director of the company founded the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg 1972.

Raiffa examined conflict resolution strategies and negotiations. In decision theory, he developed a value based on the Bayesian statistics access.

He is a multiple honorary doctorates ( Carnegie Mellon University, Northwestern University, University of Michigan, Ben- Gurion University ) and received the Dickson Prize in Science. He was chairman of the National Research Council Committee on Risk Analysis and Decision Theory.

Writings

  • With Theodore Motzkin, Gerald L. Thompson, RM Thrall, The double description method in Contributions to the theory of games, Annals of Mathematical Studies, Princeton 1953, pp. 51-73
  • JS Hammond, RL Keeney: Smart Choices, Harvard Business School Press, Boston 1998
  • With Keeney Decisions with Multiple Objectives: Preferences and Value Tradeoffs. Wiley, New York. 1976 reprint by Cambridge Univ. Press, New York, 1993 (the book was awarded the Lanchester Price )
  • With R. Duncan Luce: Games and Decisions: Introduction and Critical Survey, Wiley, New York. 1957
  • With JW Pratt, R. Schaifer ntroduction to Statistical Decision Theory, MIT Press, Cambridge, 1995
  • Decision Analysis: Introductory Lectures on Choices Under Uncertainty, Addison -Wesley, Reading, 1968
  • The Art and Science of Negotiation, Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, MA, 1982
  • Negotiation Analysis, Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002
  • With J. Richardson, D. Metcalfe Negotiation Analysis: The Science and Art of Collaborative Decision, Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003
  • With R. Applied Statistical Decision Theory Schaifer. Division of Research, Harvard Business School, Boston, 1961, paperback editions MIT Press 1968, Wiley Classics Library 2000
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