Aims and scope

Spectrum of Decision Making and Applications is an international peer-reviewed journal covering the main aspects of decision-making and providing a source of information for the applied scientist. This journal covers all aspects of decision-making in sustainable development, risk management, supply chain management, sustainability and supply chain management, transportation networks, operations management, artificial intelligence, engineering, economics, energy, and defense among others.

The journal invites original empirical and conceptual articles on the content and process of decision-making from the perspective of diverse decision-makers including, but not restricted to, managers, consumers, policymakers, voters, and entrepreneurs. Spectrum of Decision Making and Applications aims to address issues related to, but not limited to:

  • Data envelopment analysis
  • Distributed decision making
  • Enterprise resource management
  • Forecasting
  • Fuzzy logic
  • Game theory
  • Global operations management
  • Group decision making
  • Heuristics
  • Linear programming
  • Management information systems
  • Mathematical programming
  • Multi-attribute utility theory
  • Multi-criteria decision making
  • Probability models
  • Project management
  • Quality management and systems
  • Queuing theory
  • Resource management and allocation
  • Risk analysis and management
  • Strategic decision making
  • Strategic planning
  • Supply chain management
  • Technology management
  • Total quality management
  • Transportation
  • Workforce planning and scheduling

We are interested in studies that investigate these topics in a context with relevance to both theory and practice.  To be considered for publication in Spectrum of Decision Making and Applications, we suggest that a manuscript:

  • Ensures the study's relevance to one or more of the key areas mentioned above;
  • Articulates the rigor in the method(s) used for theorizing, demonstrating, and validating the different aspects of the study;
  • Makes a significant theoretical and application contribution to the existing discourses in management and related literature;
  • Has practical implications in organizational and/or social context.

Spectrum of Decision Making and Applications endeavors to be a forum for the exchange of ideas and research among management scholars and scientists in the field of decision-making.