Advancing Alternative Analysis: Integration of Decision Science.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Decision analysis-a systematic approach to solving complex problems-offers tools and frameworks to support decision making that are increasingly being applied to environmental challenges. Alternatives analysis is a method used in regulation and product design to identify, compare, and evaluate the safety and viability of potential substitutes for hazardous chemicals.

Objectives

We assessed whether decision science may assist the alternatives analysis decision maker in comparing alternatives across a range of metrics.

Methods

A workshop was convened that included representatives from government, academia, business, and civil society and included experts in toxicology, decision science, alternatives assessment, engineering, and law and policy. Participants we

SUBMITTER: Malloy TF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5743447 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature