Assistance in Decision Making: Decision Help and Decision Analysis

Abstract

Decision help and decision analysis are tools that will be of importance in decision support systems. They are likely to exist both in real operational systems and in simulation based systems used for training. In command and control an example of a decision task is to command units in a geographical environment. We have taken a closer look at this type of decision task, using a simulated microworld as a research tool. In particular we are interested in the case when the decision maker already has selected a course of action, but wants to have critique and suggestions of improvements. To analyze a decision where the main direction is already known in this way we denote decision analysis, as opposed to decision help. An algorithm for decision analysis in maps has been developed. This algorithm is based on rules. An implementation in Java with classes suited for reuse has been developed. The implementation has been tested in a microworld system, C3FIRE, suited for practice in forest fire fighting.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA468159

Entities

People

  • Joel Brynielsson
  • Rego Granlund

Organizations

  • Royal Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Fire Fighting
  • Fires
  • Forest Fires
  • Geography
  • Information Science
  • Machine Learning
  • National Security
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Probability
  • Programming Languages
  • Simulations
  • War Games

Readers

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

Technology Areas

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