The university as decision center

We have developed a theory of interaction uncertainty relations between the conjugate variables of action and observation. From it, we have established that cooperation in training and education is best suited for the solution of well-developed problems (e.g. using existing techniques to build bridges), but that competition works best for the solution of ill-defined problems (e.g. developing new technology). However, cooperation and competition are incommensurable processes that, by definition, do not logically combine. One way to combine them is through the dynamic model of a decision center (DC) set within a broadly-based democracy such as exists at a university. A DC integrates the evidence for the different functions of a university and advances rational theory by predicting new relationships for autonomous agents. A DC reduces uncertainty in the conjugate or interdependent interaction variables of action and observation