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Integrity First, Service Before Self, and Excellence: Core Values of US Air Force Naturally Follow from Decision Theory

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By analyzing data both from peace time and from war time, the US Air Force came with three principles that determine success: integrity, service before self, and excellence. We show that these three principles naturally follow from decision theory, a theory that describes how a rational person should make decisions.

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Acknowledgment

This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation grants 1623190 (A Model of Change for Preparing a New Generation for Professional Practice in Computer Science), HRD-1834620 and HRD-2034030 (CAHSI Includes), EAR-2225395, and by the AT &T Fellowship in Information Technology.

It was also supported by the program of the development of the Scientific-Educational Mathematical Center of Volga Federal District No. 075-02-2020-1478, and by a grant from the Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI).

The authors are greatly thankful to Dr. Heather Wilson for valuable discussions.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at El Paso 500 W. University, El Paso, TX, 79968, USA

    Martine Ceberio & Vladik Kreinovich

  2. Department of Teacher Education, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University, El Paso, TX, 79968, USA

    Olga Kosheleva

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  1. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

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  2. Thales Avionics, Cincinnati, OH, USA

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  3. DigiPen Institute of Technology, Redmond, WA, USA

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  4. Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA

    Vladik Kreinovich

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Ceberio, M., Kosheleva, O., Kreinovich, V. (2023). Integrity First, Service Before Self, and Excellence: Core Values of US Air Force Naturally Follow from Decision Theory. In: Cohen, K., Ernest, N., Bede, B., Kreinovich, V. (eds) Fuzzy Information Processing 2023. NAFIPS 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 751. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46778-3_30

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