ESTIMATING THE VALUE OF SURVEILLANCE INFORMATION USING ERROR COST MATRICES.
Abstract
Among the specific objectives of the INTERPRETER TECHNIQUES Task, U. S. Army Behavioral Science Research Laboratory, is the development of optimal procedures for imposing demands on the image interpreter and furnishing the interpreter with auxiliary information on the surveillance problem. Requisite to investigating procedures for stating information requirements is the determination of what the information requirements of tactical commanders are and what requirements interpreters can be expected to meet. The objective of the present study was to develop reliable estimates of the respective value and cost of correct and erroneous information so that the information requirements of commanders can be stated in standardized quantitative terms. Fifty tactical situations for which targets were to be identified, varying in such dimensions as terrain, mission, and enemy deployment, were developed. Data for development of matrices of costs associated with designated kinds of error in specific situations were provided by a sample of 389 U. S. Army Captains attending the U. S. Army Infantry School. Techniques and procedures employed in generating the cost matrices are described in detail.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0667390
Entities
People
- Abraham H. Birnbaum
- James M. Mckendry
- Paul C. Harrison Jr.
- Robert Sadacca
Organizations
- HRB Systems