Supporting Effects-Based Operations (EBO) with Information Technology Tools: Examining Underlying Assumptions of EBO Tool Development Practices

Abstract

This effort examined, from both theoretical and empirical perspectives, major paradigms underlying the support of strategic decision processes in hyper-competitive environments. The primary research objectives were to (1) to develop a theoretic schema of approaches to strategic decision support, and (2) to provide an empirical research plan and detailed experimental design to assess the efficacy of the different paradigms. This final report identifies four major paradigms or "schools of thought" of strategic decision support: autonomous, directive, predictive, and emergent. The proposed paradigms are offered to illustrate how recent EBO tool development approaches may be classified and subsequently characterized based upon their inherent gravitation to a particular decision support paradigm.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA435007

Entities

People

  • Thomas Triscari
  • William J. Wales

Organizations

  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adaptive Systems
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Bayesian Networks
  • Cognition
  • Command And Control
  • Complex Adaptive Systems
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Directives
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Probability
  • Reasoning
  • Systems Engineering
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design