Professionals concerned with making better decisions are typically concerned with the cognitive, psychological, and social processes surrounding the area of choice. It is natural to assume that our decision processes are already fine tuned. But research, as outlined below under Cognitive Fallacies and Biases, has shown otherwise. Based upon their research for making better decisions, researchers in the decision making arena have provided prescriptive, i.e. suggested, methods for improving human decision processes. Pointers to some of those aids are outlined below under Description of Methods. The aids in this arena are generally known as Decision Analysis Aids or Decision Support Systems. Many of these aids have been automated in software, with some of those packages listed below.

References in Cognitive Fallacies and Biases

Journals with a Focus on Decision Analysis

Cognitive Science, Games, Management, Operations Research, Risk and Uncertainty, Statistics, Systems