道格拉斯• W. 哈伯德是應用信息經濟學創始人、國際公認的知名測量師、決策分析師和風險管理專傢。

他的應用信息經濟學方法是一種量化的方法論，已被全球多傢《財富》500強企業所應用，並被廣泛應用於IT安全、娛樂傳媒、軍事物流、研發整閤等眾多領域。而這些領域的決策和管理往往依賴於一些看起來很難量化或者不可能量化的因素。

道格拉斯還是位廣受歡迎的演說傢。曾為《信息周刊》《首席信息官企業》《分析學》和《今日OR/MS》等雜誌撰寫文章。他還是《風險管理的失敗》（The Failure of Risk Management）一書的作者。

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