| Article ID: | iaor1989291 |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Volume: | 19 |
| Start Page Number: | 485 |
| End Page Number: | 487 |
| Publication Date: | May 1989 |
| Journal: | Annals of Operations Research |
| Authors: | Keller L. Robin |
The first problem encountered in discussions about the three closely linked purposes of decision research is a lack of agreement about the meanings of the three terms-descriptive, normative, and prescriptive. The goal of these comments is to illustrate the author’s understanding of the terms and suggest areas for future prescriptive research.