Decisional guidance for computerised personal decision aid (ComPDA)

• Main Authors: Sarif, Siti Mahfuzah, Zaibon, Syamsul Bahrin
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: QA76 Computer software
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/10931/1/CR206.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/10931/; http://www.kmice.uum.edu.my

Recently, the existence of many computerized decision aids which support personal decision making have drawn massive attention to study how these aids really help the decision makers.Helping decision maker makes a particular decision has always been the major aim of decision aids.However, designing an effective decision aid is more than meet the eyes.Guidance portion of the interface design in decision aid cannot be taken lightly as it can influence the outcomes.This study acknowledges the needs to make sure the design of personal decision aids adhere to systematic investigation to achieve the sole goal of a ComPDA.In this paper eight ComPDAs were identified and comparedto extract the decisional guidance components for ComPDA. Accordingly, comparative analysis of the tools is further explained and illustrated.