Utilities Estimated From Actual Decisions in Readiness Measurement

Abstract

This report develops models which can improve the readiness measurement system by focusing on the use of the commander's actual readiness evaluations of his ship to measure his attitudes towards risk and uncertainty. It is concerned with readiness for individual missions as well as the overall readiness of the unit. Some conceptual models of readiness measurement or evaluation which have the potential for improving planning, communication, control, and prediction. These models are developed to reveal the relationships among the relevant elements in the evaluation process and to provide a framework for empirically determining a commander's utility functions from his actual readiness evaluations. Some approaches are considered for using these models for estimating utilities and for predicting ship performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 24, 1975
Accession Number
ADA015371

Entities

People

  • Norman N. Barish
  • Sylvain Ehrenfeld

Organizations

  • New York University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Decision Theory
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Observation
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Public Administration
  • Ratings
  • Security
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Uncertainty

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