Team Performance in Dynamic Decision Making: The Importance of Heuristics

Abstract

The utility of heuristics was examined in the context of a complex, dynamic, three-person team decision-making task. Four information presentation schemes were utilized for both moderate and fast information presentation rates across four test performance sessions. Overall team performance was improved through the provision of decision-aiding heuristics regardless of the presentation format, particularly for the moderate information presentation rate. Heuristics also helped to reduce biases associated with dealing with uncertain targets. Relative to teams without heuristics, teams with heuristics were more likely to query uncertain targets and more likely to complete targets in accordance with their expected values. Keywords: Graphic presentation; Man- machine interface; Command and control; Command centers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA209618

Entities

People

  • Clifford E. Brown
  • Dorothy J. Mcbride

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Biomedical Research
  • Cognition
  • Color Vision
  • Command And Control
  • Computers
  • Control Panels
  • Crisis Management
  • Governments
  • Graphics
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Judgment
  • Psychology
  • Training

Readers

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

Technology Areas

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