Article ID: | iaor20062388 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 2 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 144 |
End Page Number: | 147 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2005 |
Journal: | Decision Analysis |
Authors: | Howard Ronald A., Matheson James E. |
Keywords: | history |
Since the invention of influence diagrams in the mid-1970s, they have become a ubiquitous tool for representing uncertain situations. This single diagram replaced awkward manipulations of decision trees and nature's trees with a single representation that displays both the sequential and informational structure of decisions. The diagram permits high-level graphic communication, clear assessments and computation in a single graphical system. This retrospective discusses the evolution and application of influence diagrams.