DECISION PROCESS (Delayed)
Charles François (2004). DECISION PROCESS (Delayed), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 829.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 829 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Human sciences |
A process in a complex system by which decisions are taken only after extensive recirculation of the available information.
In such processes the feedback of the available information among the elements or members of the system allows time for the progressive ultrastabilization of the system, centering the decisions to be taken towards the optimum.
Such a process can be modeled by attractors.
This cooperative behavior seems to be a characteristic of widely different types of systems, as for example:
- The search for the location of a new beehive by swarming bees (T. SEELEY, 1989).
- The cooperative learning process by neurons in the brain (L. PERSONNAZ et al., 1988).
- The recursive method for decision making in Japanese firms.