A game-based experimental protocol for identifying and overcoming judgment biases in forensic decision analysis

2012 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 439-444

  Kretz, Donald R ^a   Simpson, B J ^a   Graham, Colonel Jacob ^b  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; cognitive bias; decision making; experiment; forensic analysis; game theory; intelligence; judgment

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE BIAS; FORENSIC ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENCE; JUDGMENT;

EXPERIMENTS; GAME THEORY; NATIONAL SECURITY; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84874580228     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/THS.2012.6459889     Document Type: Conference Paper

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