Title :
Prospects for logical (versus data) processing facilities as strategic decision aids
Author :
Sutherland, John W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Sci., Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA, USA
Abstract :
The prospects for the development of facilities that can assist decision authorities in making disciplined logical inferences in case where mathematical or statistical methods cannot be relied upon are considered. Such facilities would provide a technical basis for the most important management decisions, namely those of strategic importance, which are currently the least likely to benefit from any formal discipline
Keywords :
decision support systems; knowledge based systems; decision support systems; logical inferences; logical processing; management decisions; strategic decision aids; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Computer aided software engineering; Instruments; Nominations and elections; Performance analysis; Personnel; Read only memory; Statistical analysis; Terrorism;
Journal_Title :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on
