00675nas a2200145 4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000900043100001800052700001800070245005300088300001000141490000600151520037200157 1999 d c19991 aLinda Elliott1 aAndrew Borden00aHuman Intuition and Decision-making Systems (II) a50-540 v23 a

This article discusses how a canonical design method was used to build a system to classify airborne targets according to their threat status, and to specify the appropriate response from an integrated air defense system. The paper argues that the inadequacy of human intuition is a strong reason to use canonical methods for designing decision making systems.