A cognitive prosthesis for complex decision-making.
Appl Ergon
; 58: 349-360, 2017 Jan.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27633232
ABSTRACT
While simple heuristics can be ecologically rational and effective in naturalistic decision making contexts, complex situations require analytical decision making strategies, hypothesis-testing and learning. Sub-optimal decision strategies - using simplified as opposed to analytic decision rules - have been reported in domains such as healthcare, military operational planning, and government policy making. We investigate the potential of a computational toolkit called "IMAGE" to improve decision-making by developing structural knowledge and increasing understanding of complex situations. IMAGE is tested within the context of a complex military convoy management task through (a) interactive simulations, and (b) visualization and knowledge representation capabilities. We assess the usefulness of two versions of IMAGE (desktop and immersive) compared to a baseline. Results suggest that the prosthesis helped analysts in making better decisions, but failed to increase their structural knowledge about the situation once the cognitive prosthesis is removed.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Técnicas de Apoyo para la Decisión
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Cognición
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Toma de Decisiones
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Appl Ergon
Año:
2017
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Article