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decision science

decision science noun: an interdisciplinary field concerned with rational decision making, combining mathematics, economics, and behavioural sciences.

Noun

decision science (usually uncountable, plural decision sciences)

  1. (usually) An interdisciplinary field concerned with rational decision making, combining mathematics, economics, and behavioural sciences.
    • Decision science can be described as the body of knowledge that is concerned with rational decision-making. […] Decision science (DS) is, by its nature, integrative and interdisciplinary. Its origins lie in mathematics, economics and behavioural sciences, but it is now increasingly influenced by...2018 [2000], Ann Van Ackere, Kiriakos Vlahos, editors, Decision Science, Routledge, →ISBN, page xv
    • She would later get degrees in statistics, neuroscience and psychology, a combination that raised some eyebrows. “When I was being trained, it was really unusual for someone to do both [data and decision science]^([sic]),” she says.2019 October 25, Dan Burn-Forti, “Google's got a chief decision scientist. Here's what she does”, in Wired UK, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    DS

Synonyms of decision science

Forms of decision science

pluraldecision sciences

Questions about decision science

What does decision science mean?
Decision science means an interdisciplinary field concerned with rational decision making, combining mathematics, economics, and behavioural sciences.
What part of speech is decision science?
Decision science is a noun.
What is the plural of decision science?
The plural of decision science is decision sciences.

Words near decision science in the dictionary

  1. decision markets
  2. decision problem
  3. decision problems
  4. decision room
  5. decision rooms
  6. decision science
  7. decision stream
  8. decision streams
  9. decision theology
  10. decision theory
  11. decision tree

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