On the Development of Alternatives: A Human - Computer System

论替代方案的开发：人机系统

• 批准号: 9016305
• 负责人: Christian Wagner
• 金额: $ 16.54万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-02-15 至 1994-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9016305&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Development; Alternatives; Human; Computer; System

This research focuses on pre-choice stages of decision making, especially on the generation of alternatives. Unfortunately there are few theories with non-choice aspects of decision making. While there is some empirical work, it tends to be quite fragment to the lack of a general conceptual framework. Much of the attention devoted to these topics has been focused on promoting techniques for improving one's creativity, however, such techniques are rarely tested. While the investigators do not have a unifying theory, they do have the structure provided by an integrative computer program that includes a variety of alternative generation techniques. They will extend their development of this computer program which is based on a conceptual approach ranging from highly structured reasoning to very unstructured thinking. The program serves as a means for exploring the relative effectiveness of various techniques and their underlying themes. The proposed tests will include multiple types of problems, problem solving durations of up to 3 months, and subjects who face the challenge of solving problems creatively in their professional lives. As wel as contributing to empirical knowledge, the results may help to advance theory.

这项研究的重点是决策的预选择阶段，特别是替代方案的生成。 不幸的是，很少有理论涉及决策的非选择方面。 虽然有一些实证工作，但由于缺乏通用的概念框架，这些工作往往相当支离破碎。 对这些主题的大部分关注都集中在推广提高创造力的技术上，然而，这些技术很少经过测试。 虽然研究人员没有统一的理论，但他们确实拥有由包含各种替代生成技术的综合计算机程序提供的结构。 他们将扩展该计算机程序的开发，该程序基于从高度结构化推理到非常非结构化思维的概念方法。 该计划是探索各种技术及其基本主题的相对有效性的一种手段。 拟议的测试将包括多种类型的问题，解决问题的持续时间长达3个月，以及在职业生涯中面临创造性解决问题挑战的受试者。除了对经验知识做出贡献外，研究结果还可能有助于推进理论。