Editing Decision theory (section)

===Interaction of decision makers===
[[File:NWC wargame 1958.jpg|alt=An electronic simulation room at the Naval War College during a 1958 wargame: against the far wall, a large map shows the outline of landmasses and some firing solutions.  Suited men sit at desks on the floor, papers in front of them, most staring up at the map.  Against the right wall, uniformed ensigns plot ship locations on (washed-out) screens.  |thumb|[[Military planners]] often conduct extensive [[Simulation|simulations]] to help predict the decision-making of relevant actors.  ]]
Some decisions are difficult because of the need to take into account how other people in the situation will respond to the decision that is taken. The analysis of such social decisions is often treated under decision theory, though it involves mathematical methods. In the emerging field of [[socio-cognitive]] engineering, the research is especially focused on the different types of distributed decision-making in human organizations, in normal and abnormal/emergency/crisis situations.<ref>Crozier, M. & Friedberg, E. (1995). "Organization and Collective Action. Our Contribution to Organizational Analysis" in Bacharach S.B, Gagliardi P. & Mundell P. (Eds). ''Research in the Sociology of Organizations''. Vol. XIII, Special Issue on European Perspectives of Organizational Theory, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.</ref>