An Empirical Validation of a Model of Human Decision Making for Human-Computer Communication

1983 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 958-962 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. Revesman ◽  
Joel S. Greenstein
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Computer Technology ◽  
Human Performance ◽  
Empirical Validation ◽  
Accurate Predictor ◽  
Computer Communication ◽  
Model Predictions ◽  
Control Situation ◽  
Human Decision ◽  
Multiple Task

As the sophistication of computer technology increases, the number of systems in which both a human and computer take controlling roles will increase. Effective communication between the human and computer is essential to prevent redundant or interfering actions. If a method for accurately predicting the human's actions can be found, the computer could avoid redundant actions by working around the human. This paper empirically validates a model of human behavior in a multiple task, process control situation. Results indicate that the model appears to be an accurate predictor of human performance, consistently predicting over 70% of the subjects' actions over a range of situations. The possible value of this model will be investigated in a study in which the computer is implemented as a parallel decision maker, using the model predictions in place of overt communication.

Evaluating Human Decision-Making Theories With Monkey Data

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott D. Brown ◽  
Pete Cassey ◽  
Andrew Heathcote ◽  
Roger Ratcliff
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Human Decision

History among the Junipers: Hosea 14:2–10 as Metahistoriography

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-116
Author(s):  
Mark W. Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Moral Formation ◽  
Divine Agency ◽  
Human Decision

Abstract The dual endings of Hosea promoted reflection on Israel’s history as the movement from destruction to restoration based on Yhwh’s gracious decision for Israel. It thus clarifies the endings of the prior sections of the book (chs. 3 and 11) by locating Israel’s future in the realm of Yhwh’s activities. The final ending (14:10) balances the theme of divine agency in 14:2–9 with the recognition of human decision-making and moral formation as aspects of history as well. The endings of Hosea thus offer a good example of metahistoriography, a text that uses non-historiographic techniques to speak of the movements of history.

Truth Matters: Cognitive Integrity as an Intervention for Self-Deception

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugenia Isabel Gorlin ◽  
Michael W. Otto
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Autonomous Agents ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Empirical Validation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Adaptive Problem

To live well in the present, we take direction from the past. Yet, individuals may engage in a variety of behaviors that distort their past and current circumstances, reducing the likelihood of adaptive problem solving and decision making. In this article, we attend to self-deception as one such class of behaviors. Drawing upon research showing both the maladaptive consequences and self-perpetuating nature of self-deception, we propose that self-deception is an understudied risk and maintaining factor for psychopathology, and we introduce a “cognitive-integrity”-based approach that may hold promise for increasing the reach and effectiveness of our existing therapeutic interventions. Pending empirical validation of this theoretically-informed approach, we posit that patients may become more informed and autonomous agents in their own therapeutic growth by becoming more honest with themselves.

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