Development of Automated Aids for Decision Analysis

Abstract

This report summarizes research undertaken to initiate development of a system of automated decision aids. The purpose of these aids is to facilitate the application of decision analysis to major decisions within the Department of Defense. The report contains: (1) a characterization of the spectrum of decision situations that are encountered in practice and an exploration of the implications of these characteristics for automated decision aids; (2) a description of the types of decision models available for analyzing various decision situations; (3) a description of the process by which decision models are constructed; and (4) an identification of several modeling concepts that provide a basis for designing and constructing a pilot-level system of automated decision aids.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA026379

Entities

People

  • Allen C. Miller Iii
  • James E. Matheson
  • Miley W. Merkhofer
  • Ronald A. Howard
  • Thomas R. Rice

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computations
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Decision Theory
  • Equations
  • Game Theory
  • Governments
  • Information Processing
  • Linear Programming
  • Organizational Structure
  • Probabilistic Models
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • United States

Readers

  • Software Engineering.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.