Decision Theory

"Decision Theory" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A theoretical technique utilizing a group of related constructs to describe or prescribe how individuals or groups of people choose a course of action when faced with several alternatives and a variable amount of knowledge about the determinants of the outcomes of those alternatives.

Descriptor ID

D003662

MeSH Number(s)

G17.162

Concept/Terms

Decision Theory

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Biological Sciences [G]
Mathematical Concepts [G17]
Decision Theory [G17.162]

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Decision Theory
Decision Trees

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Decision Theory" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Decision Theory" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 9 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
2001	1	0	1
2005	0	1	1
2007	0	1	1
2008	0	1	1
2009	0	1	1
2013	1	0	1
2015	1	1	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Decision Theory" by people in Profiles.

An Efficient Estimator for the Expected Value of Sample Information. Med Decis Making. 2016 Apr; 36(3):308-20.

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Measuring patient-centered care: An updated systematic review of how studies define and report concordance between patients' preferences and medical treatments. Patient Educ Couns. 2015 Jul; 98(7):811-21.

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A decision-theory approach to interpretable set analysis for high-dimensional data. Biometrics. 2013 Sep; 69(3):614-23.

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Actor-Network Theory and its role in understanding the implementation of information technology developments in healthcare. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2010 Nov 01; 10:67.

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How to define and measure concordance between patients' preferences and medical treatments: A systematic review of approaches and recommendations for standardization. Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Jan; 78(1):12-23.

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Incorporating uncertainty into medical decision making: an approach to unexpected test results. Med Decis Making. 2009 Jan-Feb; 29(1):116-24.

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Signal detection in power-law noise: effect of spectrum exponents. J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis. 2007 Dec; 24(12):B52-60.

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Differential analysis for high density tiling microarray data. BMC Bioinformatics. 2007 Sep 24; 8:359.

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Inference and uncertainty in radiology. Acad Radiol. 2006 May; 13(5):580-8.

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The projected health benefits of maternal group B streptococcal vaccination in the era of chemoprophylaxis. Vaccine. 2005 May 02; 23(24):3187-95.

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