| Article ID: | iaor20062835 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 2 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 229 |
| End Page Number: | 231 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2005 |
| Journal: | Decision Analysis |
| Authors: | Boutilier Craig |
| Keywords: | decision |
Howard and Matheson's article ‘Influence Diagrams’ has had a substantial impact on research in artificial intelligence (AI). In this perspective, I briefly discuss the importance of influence diagrams as a model for decision making under uncertainty in the AI research community; but I also identify some of the less direct, but no less important, influences this work has had on the field.