Penetration Study: Behavioral Aspects of Decisions under Uncertainty during Weapon System Acquisition.
Abstract
The objective of this study was to conduct a survey of the available sources of information in order to identify sources of knowledge and information about the behavioral aspects of decision-making, uncertainty, and risk analysis in the Department of Defense acquisition process. Throughout the survey, an effort was attempted to emphasize those topics and sources that can be directly related to the risk analysis and decision framework of the weapons system acquisition process as defined in D0DD5000.1 and D0DD5000.2. In addition, the study concentrates specifically on those topics and sources of information that address individual and small group behavior in the uncertain decision environment. As a result of this contract effort, the study team also developed a catalog of sources of knowledge and information for use by acquisition managers and their staffs to improve their understanding of individual and small group behavior in the uncertain decision environment. This catalog is included as a part of the contract and address, in alphabetical order by author and/or topic, those articles that may be of interest to acquisition managers. In each case, in addition to the title, author, and source of the document, a complete abstract is provided in the catalog. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA098934
Entities
People
- D. Rippy
- P. Sweeney
Organizations
- University of Dayton