Abstract
One of the goals of the Institute was to help the participants to question their assumptions about air traffic control (also see Hopkin, 1991). Assumptions are critical to all decision making and problem solving because they have a hidden, yet dramatic, impact on conclusions. Assumptions determine which data are accepted or rejected as relevant to the decision process. They determine the rules that will be used to process the accepted data. They determine the relative weight each datum gets. Thus, assumptions, hidden as they may be, directly impact whether a solution is accepted or rejected.
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Wise, J.A. (1991). Assumptions and Automation in Air Traffic Systems. In: Wise, J.A., Hopkin, V.D., Smith, M.L. (eds) Automation and Systems Issues in Air Traffic Control. NATO ASI Series, vol 73. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76556-8_2
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