Investigation of decision making process: a hypermedia approach

✍ Scribed by Manouchehr Tabatabai

• Book ID: 104359416
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 952 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0953-5438
• DOI: 10.1016/s0953-5438(97)00009-x

✦ Synopsis

Research in decision making has concentrated mainly on the decision outcome (choice) rather than on the process of the decision making. This pattern is primarily due to the lack of an acceptable unobtrusive tool for investigation of the decision process. Further, the lack of a consistent decision aid in empirical works has hindered the comparison of results. The purpose of this paper is to present a flexible and adaptable computer-based system for empirical examination of information processing. The main thrust of the proposed system is to provide guidelines to the restrictive/channeling approach to system design. This system can be easily modified to suit different experimental research requirements. It should support more realistic decision tasks, which often are criticized in decision experiments. Furthermore, availability of this system should encourage more research work on the process of decision making. The nature of this support system is linked to the literature. and specifications and components of the system are provided.