Assistance in Decision Making: Decision Help and Decision Analysis

摘要

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.