Distributed decision making (DDM) has become of increasing importance in quantitative decision analysis. In applications like supply chain management, service o

Information systems in organizations traditionally filter information upwards to a few decision makers at the top of a hierarchy where it can be coordinated. Ho

Decision making in today's organizations is often distributed widely and usually supported by such technologies as satellite communications, electronic messagin

Frequently (and often inappropriately) decision making in the work environment has been analyzed and modeled in terms of isolated decisions made by one person.

Distributed decision making is described in this book from a hierarchical perspective. A unified approach allows to treat such seemingly diverse fields as multi