Author: David A. Schum
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Languages : en
Pages : 84
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The Influence of Experience and Input Information Fidelity Upon Posterior Probability Estimation in a Simulated Threat-diagnosis System
The Influence of Experience and Input Information Upon Posterior Probability Estimation in a Simulated Threat-diagnosis System
Author: David A. SCHUM
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Languages : en
Pages : 79
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Two experiments are described in which posterior probability estimates made by humans are compared with similar estimates made by a computer using a modification of Bayes' theorem incorporating human estimates of P(D/H). The task was to estimate, on the basis of intelligence data from a simulated threat-evaluation situation, the likelihood of various alternative hypotheses that could account for the observed data. The purpose of the first experiment was to determine the effect of increased experience upon the human's ability to estimate posterior probabilities. The purpose of the second experiment was to compare human and automated posterior probability estimates under several levels of input data fidelity. It was predicted that, under low fidelity conditions, human posterior probability estimates would become increasingly inferior to automated solutions. This hypothesis was only partially confirmed. In both experiments, but particularly in the second, the humans provided higher posterior probability estimates than the certainty in the data justified. With respect to the desing of diagnostic systems, the present research tends to confirm the feasibility of automated Bayesian hypothesis-selection incorporating expert human estimates of the conditional probabilities P(D/H). (Author).
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Languages : en
Pages : 79
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Two experiments are described in which posterior probability estimates made by humans are compared with similar estimates made by a computer using a modification of Bayes' theorem incorporating human estimates of P(D/H). The task was to estimate, on the basis of intelligence data from a simulated threat-evaluation situation, the likelihood of various alternative hypotheses that could account for the observed data. The purpose of the first experiment was to determine the effect of increased experience upon the human's ability to estimate posterior probabilities. The purpose of the second experiment was to compare human and automated posterior probability estimates under several levels of input data fidelity. It was predicted that, under low fidelity conditions, human posterior probability estimates would become increasingly inferior to automated solutions. This hypothesis was only partially confirmed. In both experiments, but particularly in the second, the humans provided higher posterior probability estimates than the certainty in the data justified. With respect to the desing of diagnostic systems, the present research tends to confirm the feasibility of automated Bayesian hypothesis-selection incorporating expert human estimates of the conditional probabilities P(D/H). (Author).
A DDC Bibliography on Computer-aided Logical Processes
Author: Defense Documentation Center (U.S.)
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Category : Bionics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Category : Bionics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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U. S. Government Research and Development Reports
Bibliography of Scientific and Industrial Reports
Human Factors Engineering Bibliographic Series
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Cumulated Index Medicus
Some Principles for the Design of Decision Systems
Author: William Carl Howell
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Category : Command and control systems
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Category : Command and control systems
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Government-wide Index to Federal Research & Development Reports
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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