Theory and methods for supporting high-level decision making

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6227, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Davis, Paul K ^a   Kahan, James P ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive decision making; Decision support; Risk; Robust decisions; Strategic planning; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE DECISION MAKING; ROBUST DECISIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

CIVIL DEFENSE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 33747330412     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.667026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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