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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1469-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1469-2019
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How can geologic decision-making under uncertainty be improved?

Cristina G. Wilson, Clare E. Bond, and Thomas F. Shipley

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In this paper, we outline the key insights from decision-making research about how, when faced with uncertainty, humans constrain decisions through the use of heuristics (rules of thumb), making them vulnerable to systematic and suboptimal decision biases. We also review existing strategies to debias decision-making that have applicability in the geosciences, giving special attention to strategies that make use of information technology and artificial intelligence.
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