TOWARD A METHODOLOGY FOR ESTABLISHING COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM DISPLAY REQUIREMENTS.

Abstract

This report examines the general elements of a proposed methodology for the determination of display requirements in tactical command and control systems. Such a methodology is intended to serve as a guide to the integration of the complex technologies associated with the final design of a single display or display subsystem. Particular attention is paid to visual displays of the complex high density wall or screen variety. The display requirements for any one display application are treated as stemming from both of two major sources of design constraint and direction. (1) The discrete presentation requirements of information either explicit in, or derivable from the statement of operational requirements determine what items of information are to be presented where and when to a specified set of user personnel and under what conditions of use. (2) The various requirements for compatibility of display subsystems levy criteria for integration of displays associated with a given mission, a specific command location, a common set of user personnel, and finally, the total operational system. Presentation requirements for any one display are to be derived from the specification of information requirements into sets of related items of information that will comprise a single display presentation. The sum of these item requirements, both additive and via their interrelationships, constitute the requirements for the display. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0467503

Entities

People

  • Jiri Nehnevajsa
  • Richard Pomeroy

Organizations

  • University of Pittsburgh

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additives (Chemicals)
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • High Density
  • Specifications

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Software Engineering
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control