HUMAN INFORMATION PROCESSING AS A SOURCE OF DISPLAY REQUIREMENTS IN STRATEGIC COMMAND CONTROL SYSTEMS: DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A METHOD
Abstract
A method for deriving display requirements from a structure of information-processing sequences in human decision-making behavior is developed and applied. The logic of the methodological development is that a good display field must support the performance requirements of the intended users; decision making is a crucial performance requirement of personnel in command control systems; and since human decision making is an information-processing activity, a good display is one which facilitates performance of information-processing tasks in decision making. Three objectives are stated as a partial definition of a display field which would facilitate information-processing performance in decision making. (1) Display field content should be output rather than input oriented. (2) Display field format should organize content by functional categories rather than referent categories. (3) Display field format and content should be flexible, i.e. capable of manipulation by the users. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0363755
Entities
People
- W. B. Gartner
- W. S. Vaughan Jr.