AUTOMATION IN DECISION MAKING AND IT AS A BUSINESS AGENT

Using Business Intelligence in IT Governance Decision Making

‘Business Intelligence’ (BI) has been widely used to describe the process of gathering, analyzing and transforming large amounts of data into information useful for decision making. This paper examines BI from a decision-maker's perspective in an IT governance context through a case study of a large Scandinavian financial institution. The key findings indicate that BI is primarily used to infor...

Does automation bias decision-making?

Computerized system monitors and decision aids are increasingly common additions to critical decision-making contexts such as intensive care units, nuclear power plants and aircraft cockpits. These aids are introduced with the ubiquitous goal of &&reducing human error''. The present study compared error rates in a simulated #ight task with and without a computer that monitored system states and...

a study on rate making and required reserves determination in reinsurance market: a simulation

reinsurance is widely recognized as an important instrument in the capital management of an insurance company as well as its risk management tool. this thesis is intended to determine premium rates for different types of reinsurance policies. also, given the fact that the reinsurance coverage of every company depends upon its reserves, so different types of reserves and the method of their calc...

Qualitative Business Decision Making

We are developing artiicial intelligence programs that model qualitative business decision making, using both goal-based and case-based reasoning. In this paper, we describe current work in three related areas: normative business goals and beliefs, qualitative business calculus, and belief representation. Overview We are developing artiicial intelligence programs that incorporate goal-based rea...

IT-Enabled Business Transformation: From Automation to Business Scope Redefinition