"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G17.162
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| Concept/Terms |
Decision Theory- Decision Theory
- Decision Theories
- Theories, Decision
- Theory, Decision
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Decision Theory" by people in this website by year, and whether "Decision Theory" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Decision Theory" by people in Profiles.
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Innovations in applied decision theory for health and safety. Occup Environ Med. 2020 08; 77(8):520-526.
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Transaction Frame Determines Preferences: Valuation of Labor by Employee and Contractor. Psychol Sci. 2020 06; 31(6):634-643.
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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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An equivalent relative utility metric for evaluating screening mammography. Med Decis Making. 2010 Jan-Feb; 30(1):113-22.
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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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Bayesian decision-theoretic group sequential clinical trial design based on a quadratic loss function: a frequentist evaluation. Clin Trials. 2007; 4(1):5-14.
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Circles of prominence: a new theory on facial aesthetics. Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2006 Jul-Aug; 8(4):263-7.
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Treatment plan for integrating evidence-based decision making into dental education. J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2006 Mar; 6(1):72-8.
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Linear-Nonlinear-Poisson models of primate choice dynamics. J Exp Anal Behav. 2005 Nov; 84(3):581-617.
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Quality of life as an outcome measure in pulmonary diseases. J Cardiopulm Rehabil. 2005 Nov-Dec; 25(6):321-31.