Towards an Applied Science of Therapeutic Regulatory Decision-Making

Towards an Emotional Decision-Making

Extended Abstract Decision-making is crucial for an autonomous system. Some work proved that emotions have a link with human decision-making such as Bechara’s work presented in [1] or also Lerner’s work presented in [2]. The goal is to build an adaptative system mirroring the emotional human behavior as suggested and developed by Cardon [3] to make decisions in an unstable environment with a mu...

Towards science in support of decision making: characterizing the supply of carbon cycle science

As concern about climate change grows, so does interest in deliberately managing the carbon cycle to reduce atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide. Given the scientific and technical nature of knowledge of the carbon cycle, one would expect that carbon science would be directly of use to society in considering this objective. However, carbon science is not currently organized or conducted...

Behaviour Centred Design: towards an applied science of behaviour change

Behaviour change has become a hot topic. We describe a new approach, Behaviour Centred Design (BCD), which encompasses a theory of change, a suite of behavioural determinants and a programme design process. The theory of change is generic, assuming that successful interventions must create a cascade of effects via environments, through brains, to behaviour and hence to the desired impact, such ...

Science for precautionary decision ‐ making

(1) The author would like to thank Mette Eriksen for conducting the searches on SciFinder. Helpful contributions on earlier versions were made by John Bailar, Carl Cranor, David Gee and David Kriebel. The goals of academic researchers may differ from those of regulatory agencies responsible for protecting the environment. Thus, research must take into account issues such as feasibility, merit a...

An AHP-Delphi Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model with Application to Environmental Decision-Making