A Multi-Stage, Multi-Level Conceptual Model of Human Decision Making

Abstract

Decision making is related to the context of a submarine approach officer's (AO) task during an encounter with a sonar contact. A typology of decisions is developed and a single type, the doubly uncertain decision class, selected as most relevant to the context. Theories of decision making are then reviewed and related to the various decision types. Finally, a single model of decision making is selected, and a modified version of that model is expanded for application to the approach officer task. Areas of research needed to verify this application and fill-in details of its functioning are suggested, especially with respect to levels of expertise differences.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1986
Accession Number
ADA184942

Entities

People

  • Susan S. Kirschenbaum

Organizations

  • Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cognition
  • Computer Simulations
  • Control Systems
  • Decision Theory
  • Detection
  • Human Behavior
  • Identification
  • Information Processing
  • Judgment
  • Motivation
  • Naval Warfare
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Probability
  • Psychology
  • Recognition
  • Systems Management
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Regression Analysis.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.