A Satisficing Agreements Model

Satisficing, the concept proposed by Herbert Simon, as an approach to reaching agreements is little explored. We propose a model for satisficing agreement reaching for an adaptive collaborative group of agents. The group consists of one human agent familiar with the problem and arbitrarily many artificial agents. Our model raises to the team level the recognition-primed decision model constructed in the field of cognitive decision-making by using social choice for reaching group opinions

A COMPUTER-BASED SIMULATION TO ACCELERATE MILITARY DECISION-MAKING USING A PLATOON TACTICAL DECISION GAME (TDG)

The Marine Corps has long used tactical decision games (TDG) to train and evaluate leadership and decision-making abilities. The antiquated process of using pencil and paper or dry erase boards requires a subject-matter expert to be present to evaluate and assess each individual Marine’s scheme of maneuver and provide immediate feedback of their maneuver plan. This process is time-consuming and does not allow Marines to conduct the reps and sets necessary to build their intuitive decision-making and gain experience in various situations. Regardless of the mission, the Marine Corps requires leaders to succeed in combat by being prepared to act as if, even when they're in a situation for the first time. A computer-based TDG was designed to allow Marines the ability to gain experience in a platoon maneuver through successive repetitions in a time-constrained environment in unknown terrain with varying enemy situations. This system allows Marines to get the repetitions they need to build their decision-making skills and supplement instructor-led training. Using a repeated measures design, the data suggest that using a computer-based TDG shortens the decision-making cycle time for Marines and shows an increase in accuracy of selecting the correct maneuver path through rapid repetition.Office of Naval Research (ONR)Captain, United States Marine CorpsApproved for public release. Distribution is unlimited