A cognitive prosthesis for complex decision-making

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Author
Trembley, Sébastien
Gagnon, Jean-François
Lafond, Daniel
Hodgetts, Helen M.
Doiron, Maxime
Jeuniaux, Patrick P.J.M.H.
Date
2016-08-05Acceptance date
2016-07-18
Type
Article
Publisher
Elsevier
ISSN
0003-6870
1872-9126
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While simple heuristics can be ecologically rational and effective in naturalistic decision making contexts, complex situations require analytical decision making strategies, hypothesis-testing and learning. Sub-optimal decision strategies – using simplified as opposed to analytic decision rules – have been reported in domains such as healthcare, military operational planning, and government policy making. We investigate the potential of a computational toolkit called “IMAGE” to improve decision-making by developing structural knowledge and increasing understanding of complex situations. IMAGE is tested within the context of a complex military convoy management task through (a) interactive simulations, and (b) visualization and knowledge representation capabilities. We assess the usefulness of two versions of IMAGE (desktop and immersive) compared to a baseline. Results suggest that the prosthesis helped analysts in making better decisions, but failed to increase their structural knowledge about the situation once the cognitive prosthesis is removed.
Journal/conference proceeding
Applied Ergonomics;
Citation
Tremblay, S., Gagnon, J.F., Lafond, D., Hodgetts, H.M., Doiron, M. and Jeuniaux, P.P. (2017) 'A cognitive prosthesis for complex decision-making', Applied Ergonomics, 58, pp.349-360.
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This article was published in Applied Ergonomics on 05 August 2016 (online), available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2016.07.009
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Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
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