The Confluence
of Artificial Intelligence and the Decision Sciences
John H. Saunders
1991
The purpose of this paper is to
explore the influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the Decision Sciences
(DS) discipline and to expand upon possible new directions for research.
It does this by first laying a foundation in the realms of Problem Solving
(PS), Modeling, and Decision Making (DM). Efforts, primarily in the Decision
Analysis area, for addressing the problem solving process are then examined.
Efforts in the AI area are then reviewed in a similar manner. Common threads
in the disciplines are then examined. Areas in which AI based enhancements
to the DS have already been created and demonstrated are then explored.
Finally, potential areas for additional synergism are proposed.
"Joining
hands with AI, management science and operations research can aspire to
tackle every kind of problem solving and decisionmaking task the human
mind confronts." Herbert A. Simon
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter Title
List of Figures
1 Background
2 Problems, Decisions & Models
3 Cognitive Elements in Problem Solving
4 The Concerns of Artificial Intelligence
5 The Concerns of the Decision Sciences
6 Cross Fertilization in AI & the DSs
7 Potential Research Directions
References
Glossary