• DocumentCode
    3068738
  • Title

    Distributed decision making in organizations

  • Author

    Bond, Alan H.

  • Author_Institution
    Manuf. Eng. Program, California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    4-7 Nov 1990
  • Firstpage
    896
  • Lastpage
    901
  • Abstract
    Problems and concepts for understanding how expert systems can be thought about, designed, and used in organized activity are discussed. Considerations and concepts from distributed artificial intelligence are explained, noting the connection with research in the computer support of organized activity. The author´s recent research in two areas is outlined. They are cooperation in a vertical structure of an organizational hierarchy and horizontal cooperation among a team of agents with different specializations, solving a joint problem
  • Keywords
    decision support systems; expert systems; problem solving; AI; DSS; decision support systems; distributed artificial intelligence; distributed decision making; expert systems; horizontal cooperation; joint problem solving; organizational hierarchy; Aircraft; Artificial intelligence; Bonding; Design engineering; Distributed decision making; Expert systems; Humans; Problem-solving; Pulp manufacturing; Space technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1990. Conference Proceedings., IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-87942-597-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSMC.1990.142254
  • Filename
    142254