Decision Structuring Aid: Characterization and Preliminary Implementation.

Abstract

The process of building a decision model that captures the important relationships of a decision situation is generally recognized as the most time consuming and difficult aspect of decision analysis. This report documents research designed to develop aids for facilitating the model-building process. The ultimate goal of this research is a design for a man-machine system that will help a task force commander and his staff structure the relevant factors of a decision into a formal decision model. The research has resulted in the specification of a structuring process composed of four basic structuring functions: decision bounding, preliminary structuring, model expansion, and model contraction. A preliminary computer program for assisting a task force commander and his staff in applying the structuring process has been developed. Testing and further development of algorithms and computer support for the structuring process is recommended.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA045219

Entities

People

  • Allen C. Miller Iii
  • Burke Robinson
  • Miley W. Merkhofer
  • Robert J. Korsan

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Strikes
  • Computer Programs
  • Engineering
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human-Machine Systems
  • Identification
  • Information Processing
  • Mathematical Models
  • Military Research
  • Operations Research
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Psychology
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Science
  • Task Forces

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.