TECHNIQUES FOR OPTIMIZING IMAGE INTERPRETER PERFORMANCE
Abstract
utput of an aerial reconnaissance system can be evaluated in terms of the timeliness, relevancy, completeness, and accuracy of intelligence information produced. However, examination of identifications made by image interpreters studying real imagery revealed that these criteria are not necessarily congruent. Optimizing performance from the standpoint of one criterion resulted in decrements in another criterion. Several studies designed t develop approaches for optimizing interpreter performance under all four criteria are described. These approaches focussed on variations in (1) degree of confidence interpreters express in their identifications, (2) viewing time periods, (3) repeated exposures t imagery, and 94) team procedures. In all studies, the experimental variation in technique resulted in the hypothesized increments in performance. Examples: By accepting only identifications of which interpreters were highly confident, percent accuracy of tactical identifications was more than doubled; in one team work procedure, the amount of correct information produced was almost double that produced by interpreters working alone. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0286052
Entities
People
- Robert Sadacca
Organizations
- Army Research Office