Optimum Configuration for Distributed Teams of Two Decision-Makers

Abstract

This paper deals with problems of quantitative organizational design. We show that the optimal architecture of even a very simple team of two decision makers (DMs) performing binary hypothesis testing depends on variables external to team. On the other hand, there exist particular probability distributions for the observations which lead to unambiguous optimal architectures in which the better decision maker makes the final team decision based upon finite bit messages from the worse decision maker. But, even in these cases the results are difficult to generalize for teams with three or more DMs, because of the complexity of the problem. A heuristic algorithm for organization design is presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA199641

Entities

People

  • Jason D. Papastavrou
  • Michael Athans

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Algorithms
  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Computer Science
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Discrete Distribution
  • False Alarms
  • Human Behavior
  • Military Research
  • Observation
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Theses
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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  • Operations Research
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