Critical evaluation of vital role of human beings and computer systems in decision making process

In nature and humans lives, decisions are the result of complex interactions between many factors. It is usually difficult to determine the weightage of different factors in making a final decision. This paper evaluates the manual decision making and computerized decision making systems not as a comparative study. However, it is done as a study for highlighting its suitable strengths in various situations and circumstances, since both the methods are not suitable in every situation and circumstances. The various levels of decisions, a few techniques of decision making, problem analysis v/s. decision making have also been discussed in detail along with the principle elements of decision making. The authors of the paper have evaluated the possible characteristics of human decision making process. The authors feel that along with many existing criteria, another important criterion known as past experiences plays a very vital role in decision making process. The past experiences of a human being will be considered in human decisions, has also to be incorporated in the computer system, as a artificial intelligence system. It is a great challenge in front of us. When this is achieved to a considerable extent, the computers can take wiser decisions.