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Minimizing the impact of fake news on the real world by debiasing the belief perseverance bias
Fake news is false news stories packaged and published as if they were genuine with the intention to mislead the reader to damage an…
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International recognition for MCI Professor Johannes Siebert
Renowned Alliance for Decision Education around Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman and Richard Thaler accepts Johannes Siebert into Advisory Council | Recognition for research achievements…
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Identifying and structuring of the objectives of the terrorist group Islamic State
In summer 2014, the terrorist group Islamic State was one of the most severe threats for the civilian population in the Middle East as…
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Developing methods for identifying, structuring and comparing objectives
Identifying the objectives of a hostile organization whose decision-makers are not interested in cooperation or even contact with them might be dangerous. In such…
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Comparative Analysis of Terrorists’ Objectives Hierarchies
To develop effective counterterrorism strategies, it is important to understand the capabilities and objectives of terrorist groups. Much of the understanding of these groups…
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Effects of Proactive Decision Making On Life Satisfaction
Proactive decision making, a concept recently introduced to behavioural operational research and decision analysis, addresses effective decision making during its phase of generating alternatives.…
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Developing the decision support system “Entscheidungsnavi”
My objective improving individual and organizational decision-making. Therefore, my colleague von Nitzsch (RWTH Aachen) and I develop a web-based decision support system for decisions…
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»EMPOWER«: A Decision Support System to Increase Efficiency of Logistic Processes in Upper Franconian SMEs
Due to the changing framework conditions and customer requirements, such as shorter delivery times and increasing adherence to delivery dates, small and medium-sized enterprises…
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Developing more and better alternatives (individually as well as in groups)
Many individuals and organizations spend most of their effort evaluating alternatives without ensuring that the best possible alternative is to be chosen. Therefore, we…