When Decision Aids Fail.

Abstract

This research was concerned with ways in which a C3-system adapts to the breakdown of a decision aiding device (DAD). Subjects were tested in a team judgement task in which they had to predict the outcome of an uncertain, dynamic event on discrete trails, with or without the use of a DAD of varying validity. After training, DAD validity was reduced to zero. Subjects performed more poorly with a DAD of low validity than without a DAD. Subjects consistently performed more poorly than they could have by using a maximizing strategy. After DAD breakdown, subjects performed more poorly than control subjects who never used a DAD. Prior DAD validity had no effect on performance with an invalid DAD. Performance with an invalid DAD was found to be predicted by efficiency, the ability to use valid and ignore invalid information.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA187531

Entities

People

  • Erhard O. Eimer

Organizations

  • Armstrong Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Biomedical Research
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Experimental Design
  • Governments
  • Human Behavior
  • Information Science
  • New York
  • Personality
  • Psychology
  • Push Buttons
  • Signal Detection
  • Social Psychology
  • Statistical Analysis

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control