Embedding critics in decision-making environments to reduce human errors

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 229-237

  Mezher, Toufic ^a   Abdul Malak, M Asem ^a   Maarouf, Billal ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Decision making; Expert critiquing systems; Human errors and biases

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

HUMAN ERRORS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0032208104     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-7051(98)00072-0     Document Type: Article

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