ABSTRACT
The goal of this chapter is to facilitate the application of a structured decision process by providing in•uence diagram templates for broad classes of decisions.
A common complaint that impedes the wider adoption of structured decision modeling tools is the claim that they take too long to apply. This chapter is intended to facilitate the start-up process by providing a skeletal structure to build upon for a wide range of corporate, governmental, and personal decisions. The previous chapter presented in•uence diagrams as a tool for framing discrete choice decisions from among a limited number of alternatives. The diagram brings into focus and discussion the primary uncertainties and major objectives as well as the link between the decision in question and subsequent decisions. In this chapter, we illustrate how this model can be applied to broad classes of decisions listed in the following.
