ABSTRACT
At this juncture we are challenged with the task of integrating the multitude of theoretical and empirical threads we isolated into a cohesive whole or system. This task of
conceptual integration
of interdisciplinary perspectives is certainly nontrivial (Linstone, 1984, p. 82):
Integration resembles the task of conceptualizing a three-dimensional object from a series of one-dimensional descriptions and two-dimensional drawings. Alternatively, we can think of the process
in terms of the integration of the stimuli to the left and right hemispheres in the brain
. The perspectives cross-cue each other. Most decision makers find it quite difficult to describe this process explicitly, although they execute every day. It is often just as difficult to reconstruct how a jury arrived at a decision. The fact that in both cases effective decision making does occur suggests that
the integration process
in our situation be left to the user or decision maker.
