Role of Control in the Model Formulation Process

Arun Sen, Ajay Vinze and Shue Feng T. Liou
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Arun Sen: Department of Business Analysis and Research, CBA/GSB, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4217
Ajay Vinze: Department of Business Analysis and Research, CBA/GSB, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4217
Shue Feng T. Liou: Department of Business Analysis and Research, CBA/GSB, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4217

Information Systems Research, 1994, vol. 5, issue 3, 219-248

Abstract: Control is being increasingly recognized as having a critical role in the automation of the model formulation process. This paper describes an approach to understanding this role of control by observing experts' behavior and studying their verbalizations during the process of formulating models. Control concerns were noted at two levels: strategic and tactical. At the strategic level, control behavior was found to be opportunistic , i.e., the modelers did not follow a prespecified approach. This paper focuses on the tactical level, where the emphasis was on scheduling the tasks used to construct the model (referred to as formulation tasks). The tactical controls were demonstrated by our AEROBA system implementation.

Keywords: model management; formulation control; model formulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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