Can Computers Help Overcome Limitations in Human Decision Making?

The article considers the development of computer-assisted decision support in the context of contemporary research on the forms of thinking used by decision makers. It outlines the potential that computers have for overcoming known limitations in human thinking related to processing capacity and memory and the problems that occur when these applications are developed without full knowledge of the different kinds of thinking adopted by decision makers.

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