Handling Decision Problems: a Structuring Language and Interactive Modules

Abstract

This research surveys and describes the potential applications of 58 tools for structuring and analyzing decision problems. It examines the mode of operation and support capabilities of the more promising tools in detail and concludes with an overall evaluation and guidelines for future tool development. This research is an extention to, and update of: (1) Method and Tools for Structuring and Analyzing Decision Problems and (2) Building a Decision Structuring Library. This document contains the following research: Decision conference: Description, analysis and implications for group decision support; Analysis of decision conferences: Interpretation of decision maker's activities in problem identification, problem expressing and problem structuring; Analysis of the Stratum-specific information equipment and group identification processes in decision conferencing; The impact of the groups cognition pressures in problem formulation (model building) activities during DC. (kr)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 28, 1989
Accession Number
ADA223214

Entities

People

  • A. D. Wisudha
  • P. C. Humphrey

Organizations

  • London School of Economics and Political Science

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Cognition
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Governments
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Operating Systems
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Public Policy
  • Risk Analysis

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.