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Record Nr.

UNINA9910220133803321

Autore

Davis Paul K. <1943->

Titolo

Implications of modern decision science for military decision-support systems / / Paul K. Davis, Jonathan Kulick, Michael Egner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, Project Air Force, 2005

ISBN

0-8330-4088-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KulickJonathan <1966->

EgnerMichael

Disciplina

358.4/07/0973

Soggetti

Military planning - United States - Decision making - Data processing

Decision support systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prepared for the United States Air Force, approved for Public release; distribution unlimited."

"MG-360-AF"--P. [4] cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Preface; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Chapter One - Introductions; Objective; Definition and Scope; Descriptive Versus Prescriptive Research; Approach in This Monograph; Chapter Two - Human Decisionmaking; How to Think About Decisionmaking; Images of the Decision Process; The Problems of Heuristics and Biases; The Naturalistic School; Military and National-Security OperationalDecisionmaking; Chapter Three - Classic Analysis Concepts and Their Evolution; Decision Analysis and Game Theory; Systems Analysis; Policy Analysis

Summary of Classic Analysis Components of DecisionScienceChapter Four - Advanced Decision Science for Analysis; Introduction; Broad Methods; Enablers; Chapter Five - the Research Frontier: Reconciling Analytic and Intuitive Considerations; Introduction; Improving Automated Decision Support; Balancing Cold and Story-Based Decision Support; General Recommendations; Chapter Six - Conclusions; The Decisionmaking Component; The Analysis Component; Appendix A - Debiasing an Air Campaign; Appendix B - Rethinking Families of Models; Appendix C - Further Discussion of Judgmental Bias and DSS

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Sommario/riassunto

An overview of higher-level decisionmaking and modern methods to improve decision support