Delays in Acyclical Distributed Decisionmaking Organizations

Abstract

Distributed decision making organizations with synchronous protocols are represented using Petri nets. An algorithm for computing time delays is developed. Starting with a matrix representation of the organizational structure, all possible information processing paths are scanned and the time delay associated with each one is computed. When the decision strategies are known, the expected delay of the overall system can be obtained. An alternative formulation based on the flow matrix description of the Petri net is also presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA458788

Entities

People

  • Alexander H. Levis
  • Pascal A. Remy
  • Victoria Y. Jin

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Traffic
  • Algorithms
  • Computations
  • Computer Science
  • Contracts
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Information Operations
  • Information Processing
  • Linear Algebra
  • Massachusetts
  • Mathematics
  • Measurement
  • Organizational Structure
  • Petri Nets
  • Probability
  • Transitions

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