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An analysis of the decision‐making functions of a simulated air defense direction center
Author(s) -
Sweetland Anders,
Haythorn William W.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830060202
Subject(s) - operations research , rand corporation , corporation , center (category theory) , function (biology) , aeronautics , computer science , management , computer security , engineering , political science , law , economics , chemistry , evolutionary biology , biology , crystallography
Shortly after the first American manual Air Defense Direction Centers began to function, it became evident that air defense was not so effective as had been hoped. The hardware was excellent; therefore, the fault must be in the way it was used. As a result, a series of studies of a simulated air defense center was begun in 1951 by the RAND Corporation. With the coming of the automatic SAGE air defense system, manual air defense has disappeared and it is now possible to declassify many findings from these studies. These facts are offered because (1) many are germane to any system involving data processing and decision making, and (2) they illustrate one way to study the decision processes of systems.