October 2004
Leonard Adelman
Department of System Engineering and Operations Research
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
(703) 993-1624
email: ladelman@gmu.edu
Personal
Born: August 14, 1949 in NY, NY
Married June 18, 1978; 20 year-old son and 18 year-old daughter
Education
PhD (Psychology), University of Colorado, 1976
MA (Psychology), University of Colorado, 1973
BA (Psychology), Florida State University, 1971
Research Areas
Judgment and decision processes, cognitive systems engineering, and decision support and expert system evaluation. Dr. Adelman has participated in studies developing and evaluating prototypes for improving operational systems, including AWACS and Patriot.
Professional Experience
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (January 1987 – present): Professor, Department of
Systems Engineering and Operations Research. (Hired as untenured, associate professor; tenured as of Fall, 1988; promoted to full professor as of Fall, 1994)
Decision Science Consortium, Inc., Falls Church, VA (November 1986 – January 1987): Senior
Principal Associate
PAR Government Systems, Reston, VA (April 1982 – November 1986): Manager, Decision
Sciences Section (July 1984 – November 1986).
Decision and Designs, Inc., McLean, VA (August 1979 – April 1982): Decision analyst.
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University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business, Chicago, IL (September 1978 – June 1979):
Visiting assistant professor of behavioral science.
University of Colorado, Center for Research on Judgment and Social Policy, Boulder, CO (June
1976 – August 1978): Research associate.
Professional Activities
Editorial Board, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes , 2004 - present
Reviewer , Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes , 1984 – present
Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics , 1982 – present
Reviewer, Human Factors , 1987 - present
Reviewer, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making , 1997 - present
Reviewer for National Science Foundation programs
Ethics and Values, 1976 – present
Decision, Risk, and Management Science, 1986 – present
Professional Societies
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
(Member Administrative Committee, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society, late 1980s)
Judgment & Decision Making Society
Brunswik Society
Human Factors & Ergonomics Society
George Mason University Courses
DESC 200: Statistical Analysis for Decision Making I
IT 803 (special topics): Human Performance Engineering
IT 958: Basic and Applied Decision Support Systems
OR/SYST 671: Judgment and Choice Processing and Decision Making
SYST 470: Human Factors Engineering
SYST 563: Empirical Research Methods
SYST 659 (special topics): Cognitive Systems Engineering
George Mason University Committees (last 5 years only)
School of Information Technology Engineering, Promotion & Tenure (1999 – 2002)
Department of Systems Engineering & Operations Research
Promotion and Tenure (ongoing)
Tau Beta Epsilon (2002 – ongoing)
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Sponsored Research
MURI 97 – Understanding and measuring cognitive workload: A coordinated multidisciplinary approach (co-principal investigator with Deborah Boehm-Davis and Wayne Grey), from the US
Air Force Office of Scientific Research, $3,000,000 from July 1997 through March 2003.
Human and organizational issues in the Army After Next, from the US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, 2 awards totaling $123,300, from June 1997 – Dec 1998.
Augmentation Award for Science and Engineering Research Training (AASERT), from the US
Army Research Office, $142,871, from September 1993 through August 1997.
Extending the focus on judgment heuristics and biases to team decision making, from the US
Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, $319,540, from June 1992 –
June 1995.
Enhancements to the Army Command and Control Evaluation System (ACCES), subcontract from Evidence Based Research, Inc., (funded by the US Army Research Institute for the
Behavioral and Social Sciences), $180,613, from April 1990 – Sept 1993.
Decision aiding and training in tactical decision making, from the US Naval Training Systems
Command, $129,600, Sept 1990 through Dec 1991.
Option generation: A broader perspective, from the National Science Foundation (Decision,
Risk, and Management Science Program), $105,467, June 1989 – Aug 1992. (Note: An additional $8,000 was added under NSF’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program.)
Evaluating decision support systems, subcontract from SAIC (funded by the US Army Research
Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences), $65,000, Nov 1987 – July 1990.
Measurement and evaluation of military intelligence information processing performance, subcontract from SAIC (funded by the US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social
Sciences), $67,500, Feb 1987 – Sept 1989.
Consulting (last 5 years only, listed alphabetically)
Cognitive Technologies, Inc.
Dynamics Research Corporation
HUMMRRO
Innovative Decisions, Inc.
MITRE Corporation
The DotCom Group, Inc.
User-Centered Design, Inc.
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Publications
Books
Adelman, L., & Riedel, S.L (1997). Handbook for Evaluating Knowledge-Based Systems:
Conceptual Framework and Compendium of Methods.
Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic.
Andriole, S.J., & Adelman, L. (1995). Cognitive Systems Engineering for User-Computer
Interface Design, Prototyping, and Evaluation . Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Adelman, L. (1992). Evaluating Decision Support and Expert Systems . New York: Wiley.
Journal Papers
Adelman, L., Miller, S.L., & Yeo, C. (2004). Testing the effectiveness of icons in supporting
distributed team decision making under time pressure. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and
Cybernetics – Part A: Systems and Humans , 34(2) , 179-189.
Adelman, L., Miller, S.L., Henderson, D., & Schoelles, M. (2003). Using Brunswikian theory
and a longitudinal design to study how hierarchical teams adapt to increasing levels of time
pressure. Acta Psychologica , 112 (2) , 181-206.
Jedetski, J., Adelman, L., & Yeo, C. (2002). The effect of website decision technology on
consumer decision strategies: An experiment. IEEE Internet Computing , 6(2), 72-79.
Adelman, L., Christian, M., Gualtieri, J., & Bresnick, T.A. (1998). Examining the effects of
communication training and team composition on the decision making of Patriot air defense
teams . IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics -–Part A: Systems and
Humans, 28 , 729-741.
Adelman, L., Christian, M., Gualtieri, J., & Johnson, K. (1998). Examining the effects of
cognitive consistency between training and displays. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man,
and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, 28 , 1-16.
Adelman, L., Bresnick, T.A., Christian, M. Gualtieri, J., & Minionis, D. (1997). Demonstrating
the effect of context on order effects for an Army air defense task using the Patriot simulator.
Journal of Behavioral Decision Making , 10, 327-342.
Adelman, L., Bresnick, T.A., Black, P.K., Marvin, F.F., & Sak, S.G. (1996). Research with
Patriot air defense officers: Examining information order effects.
Human Factors, 38 , 250-
261.
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Adelman, L., Gualtieri, J., & Stanford, S. (1995). Examining the effect of causal focus on the
option generation process: An experiment using protocol analysis. Organizational Behavior
and Human Decision Processes, 61 , 54-66.
Adelman, L., Gualtieri, J., & Riedel, S.L. (1994). A multi-faceted approach to evaluating
expert systems. Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design Analysis and Manufacturing,
8 , 289-306.
Adelman, L., & Riedel, S.L. (1994). Using the multitrait-multimethod matrix to evaluate
knowledge-based systems. Communication and Cognition-Artificial Intelligence, 11 , 277-
296.
Adelman, L., Cohen, M.S., Bresnick, T.A., Chinnis Jr., J.O., & Laskey, K.B. (1993). Real-time
expert system interfaces, cognitive processes, and task performance: An empirical assessment.
Human Factors, 35 , 243-261.
Adelman, L., Tolcott, M.A., & Bresnick, T.A. (1993). Examining the effect of information order
on expert judgment.
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 56, 348-369.
Adelman, L., & Bresnick, T.A. (1992). Examining the effect of information sequence on Patriot
air defense officiers’ judgments. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes,
53 , 204-228.
Adelman, L. (1991). Experiments, quasi-experiments, and case studies: A review of empirical
methods for evaluating decision support systems. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and
Cybernetics, 21(2) , 293-301.
Adelman, L., & Rakoff, S.H. (1990). Attitudinal, normative, and affective components of decision
making: Further research on multi-component decision models. IEEE Transactions on Systems,
Man, and Cybernetics, 20(2) , 464-474.
P.E. Lehner, & Adelman, L. (1990). Behavioral decision theory and its implications for
knowledge engineering. Knowledge Engineering Review, 5 , 5-14.
West, S., & Adelman, L. (1990). Incorporating cognitive psychology into interface design: A
review of books. Information and Decision Technologies, 16 , 107-115.
Adelman, L. (1989). Integrating evaluation methods into the DSS development process.
Information and Decision Technologies, 15 , 227-241.
Adelman, L. (1989). Measurement issues in knowledge engineering. IEEE Transactions on
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics,19(3) , 483-488.
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Adelman, L., & Donnell, M.L. (1988). An empirical study comparing pilots’ interrater reliability
ratings for workload and effectiveness. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics,
18 , 978-981.
Adelman, L. (1987). Supporting option generation. Large Scale Systems, 13 , 83-91.
Adelman, L., Pliske, R.M., & Lehner, P.E. (1987). An empirical investigation as to the need for
multicomponent decision models. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 17 ,
293-301.
Zirk, D.A., & Adelman, L. (1987). Extracting differences in expert mental representations: An
application of a technique for characterizing schema. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and
Cybernetics, 17 , 713-717.
Adelman, L., Sticha, P.J., & Donnell, M.L. (1986). An experimental investigation of the relative
effectiveness of two techniques for structuring multiattributed hierarchies. Organizational
Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 37 , 188-196.
Adelman, L., Zirk, D.A., Lehner, P.E., Moffett, R., & Hall, R. (1986). Distributed tactical
decision making: Conceptual framework and empirical results. IEEE Transactions on Systems,
Man, and Cybernetics, 16 , 794-805.
Adelman, L., Rook, F.W., & Lehner, P.E. (1985). User and R&D specialist evaluation of decision
support systems: Development of a questionnaire and empirical results. IEEE Transactions on
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 15 , 334-342.
Adelman, L. (1984). Real-time support for decision analysis in a group setting: Another class of
decision support systems. Interfaces, 14 , 75-83.
Adelman, L., Sticha, P.J., & Donnell, M.L. (1984). The role of task properties in determining the
relative effectiveness of multi-attribute weighting techniques. Organizational Behavior and
Human Performance, 33 , 243-262.
Adelman, L. (1982). Involving users in the design of decision-analytic aids: The principal factor in
successful implementation. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 33 , 333-342.
Adelman, L., Donnell, M.L., Phelps, R.H., & Patterson, J.F. (1982). An iterative Bayesian
decision aid: Toward improving the user-aid and user-organization interfaces. IEEE
Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 12 , 733-742.
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Adelman, L. (1981). The influence of formal, substantive, and contextual task properties on the
relative effectiveness of different forms of feedback in multiple-cue probability learning tasks.
Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 27 , 423-442.
Mumpower, J., & Adelman, L. (1980). The application of Brunswikian methodology to policy
formation. New Directions for Methodology of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 3 , 49-60.
Adelman, L., & Mumpower, J. (1979). The analysis of expert judgment. Technological
Forecasting and Social Change, 15 , 191-204.
Hammond, K.R., Cook, R.L., & Adelman, L. (1977). POLICY: An aid for decision making and
international communication. Columbia Journal of World Business, 12 , 79-83.
Hammond, K.R., & Adelman, L. (1976). Science, values, and human judgment. Science, 194 ,
389-396.
Adelman, L., Stewart, T.R., & Hammond, K.R. (1975). A case history of the application of social
judgment theory to policy formation. Policy Sciences, 6 , 137-159.
Blanchard, F.A., Adelman, L., & Cook, S.W. (1975). The effect of group success and failure
upon interpersonal attraction in cooperative interracial groups. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 31 , 1020-1030.
Book Chapters
Adelman, L., Yeo, C., & Miller, S.L. (in press). Using Brunswikian theory and lens model
equation to understand the effects of computer displays and time pressure on the performance
of distributed teams. A. Kirlick (Ed.), Adaptation in Human-Technology Interaction: Methods,
Models, and Measures .
Adelman, L. (2001). Choice theory. In S. Gass and C. Harris (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Operations
Research and Management Science (2 nd ed.). Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp.
87-90.
Adelman, L., Henderson, E.D., & Miller, S. L. (2001). Vicarious functioning in teams. In K.R.
Hammond and T.R. Stewart (Eds.), The Essential Brunswik: Beginnings, Explications, and
Applications . New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 416-423.
Adelman, L., & Ulvila, J.W. (1991). Evaluating expert system technology. In S.J. Andriole and
S.M. Halpin (Eds.), Information Technology for Command and Control , NY: IEEE Press, 537-
547.
Adelman, L. (1990). Evaluating decision support systems: Toward integrating evaluation
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methods
into the development process. In S.J. Andriole (Ed.), Advanced Technologies for Command
and Control Systems Engineering.
Fairfax, VA: AFCEA International Press, 352-366.
Adelman, L., Patterson, J.F., Gibson, R.F., & Donnell, M.L. (1990). Toward analytically aiding
the cost-effective allocation of training resources. In S.J. Andriole (Ed.), Advanced
Technologies for Command and Control Systems Engineering.
Fairfax, VA: AFCEA
International Press,, 424-436.
Andriole, S.J., & Adelman, L. (1990). Prospects for cognitive systems engineering. In S.J.
Andriole (Ed.), Advanced Technologies for Command and Control Systems Engineering.
Fairfax, VA: AFCEA International Press, 503-515.
Adelman, L. (1990). Behavioral concerns in support system design. In A.P. Sage (Ed.), Concise
Encyclopedia of Information Processing in Systems and Organization s. Oxford, England:
Pergamon Press, 449-454.
Adelman, L. (1988). Separation of facts and values. In B. Brehmer and C.R.B. Joyce (Eds.),
Human Judgment: The SJT View . NY North-Holland, 443-464.
Adelman, L., & Donnell, M.L. (1986). Evaluating decision support systems: A general framework
and case study. In S.J. Andriole (Ed.), Microcomputer Decision Support Systems . Wellesley,
MA: QED Information Systems, Inc., 285-309.
Hammond, K.R., Rohrbaugh, J., Mumpower, J., & Adelman, L. (1977). Social judgment theory:
Applications in policy formation. In M.F. Kaplan and S. Schwartz (Eds.), Human Judgment and
Decision Processes in Applied Settings . NY: Academic Press, 1-29.
Conference (or Invited) Presentations (last 5 years)
Adelman, L. & Gambill, R. (2003). Examining the effect of reward structure and system interface
on operators’ information processing strategies under time pressure. Proceedings of the 2003
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics , 5-8 October 2003,
Washington DC, pp. 3924-3930.
Beaubien, J.M., Cortina, J.M., Boehm-Davis, D.A., Holt, R.W., & Adelman, L. (2003). The
effects of perceived cohesion and efficacy on pilot crews' LOE performance. In R.S. Jensen
(Ed.), Proceedings of the 11 th
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology. Dayton, OH:
Wright State University Press.
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Adelman, L., Miller, S.L., & Yeo, C. (2001). Testing the effectiveness of perceptual interface
components for supporting distributed team decision making . Presented by L. Adelman at the
17 th
Annual Meeting of the International Brunswik Society, Orlando, FL, 15-16 Nov. 2001.
Cohen, M.S., & Adelman, L. (2001). Critical thinking and initiative: Cognitive models, measurement,
and training. Proceedings of the 45 th
Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society . Minneapolis, MN: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Adelman, L., Yeo, C., and Miller, S.L. (2000). Relative effectiveness of different interfaces to
ameliorate the negative effects of time pressure on team performance . Presented by L. Adelman
at the 16 th
Annual Meeting of the International Brunswik Society, Berlin, Germany, 20-22 July
2000.
Miller, S.L., Adelman, L., Henderson, E.D., Schoelles, M., & Yeo, C. (2000). Team decision
making strategies: Implications for designing the interface in complex tasks. Proceedings of
the 44 th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society . Santa Monica, CA:
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Adelman, L., Miller, S., Henderson, D., Schoelles, M., and Foster, D. (1999
). “Synthetic
worlds:” Using the Argus system to help understand how hierarchical teams adapt to
increasing time pressure . Presented by L. Adelman at the Inaugural Scaled Worlds Conference:
Current Issues in Simulation-Based Human Performance Research, 24-27 June 1999, Athens,
GA.
Adelman, L., Henderson, E.D., and Miller, S.L. (1999). Examining how teams adapt to
increasing time pressure . Presented by L. Adelman to the Department of Psychology,
Georgetown University, 23 April 1999.
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