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Bobadilla-Suarez, Sebastian; Love, Bradley C. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2018
Heuristics are simple, yet effective, strategies that people use to make decisions. Because heuristics do not require all available information, they are thought to be easy to implement and to not tax limited cognitive resources, which has led heuristics to be characterized as fast-and-frugal. We question this monolithic conception of heuristics…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Decision Making, Cognitive Processes, Attention Control
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Kolling, Michael; McKay, Fraser – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2016
The past few years has seen a proliferation of novice programming tools. The availability of a large number of systems has made it difficult for many users to choose among them. Even for education researchers, comparing the relative quality of these tools, or judging their respective suitability for a given context, is hard in many instances. For…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Programming, Programming Languages, Computer Software
Haley, M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not there have been successful applications of lean manufacturing principles in highly variable defense IT environments. Specifically, the study assessed if implementation of the lean philosophies by a defense organization yielded repeatable, predictable results in software release schedules…
Descriptors: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Armed Forces, Aerospace Education
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Swan, Gerry; Mazur, Joan – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2011
Although the term data-driven decision making (DDDM) is relatively new (Moss, 2007), the underlying concept of DDDM is not. For example, the practices of formative assessment and computer-managed instruction have historically involved the use of student performance data to guide what happens next in the instructional sequence (Morrison, Kemp, &…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Preservice Teachers, Formative Evaluation, Heuristics
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Henrion, Max; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1986
The purpose of this evaluation of DEMOS, a system for decision modeling and uncertainty analysis, was to identify some generic issues of interest in the design of such information systems, obtain insights about the causes of problems in their use, and to suggest hypotheses about how to deal with them. (EM)
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Decision Making, Evaluation
Humphreys, Patrick; Wisudha, Ayleen – 1981
As a demonstration of the application of heuristic devices to decision-theoretical techniques, an interactive computer program known as MAUD (Multiattribute Utility Decomposition) has been designed to support decision or choice problems that can be decomposed into component factors, or to act as a tool for investigating the microstructure of a…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Decision Making, Guidelines
Humphreys, Patrick; And Others – 1981
This paper discusses the incorporation of heuristics in computerized decision aids that are used for structuring decision problems. Decision theory is described in terms of linked subsystems, and sites where it is necessary to employ heuristic rather than normative, algorithmic procedures are identified. Production systems are then used to…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Decision Making, Heuristics
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Mandell, Alan; Lucking, Robert – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1989
Compares a program written both in BASIC and LOGO on its inferential and decision making ability. Explains steps in each program and how deductions and decisions are made. (MVL)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, College Science, Computer Software