HUMAN FACTORS IN WEAPON SYSTEM EVALUATION

Abstract

Weapon systems have at least a material component and a human component. Evaluation of the operational effectiveness of weapon systems must fully involve both components. The evaluation situation must be tactically realistic, personnel who normally man the system should be used, and there should be an attempt to stress the participants. To accomplish these goals, adequate information and response loads must be provided participants, over- control should be avoided, and player and instrumentation personnel quality control should be assured. Suggestions are developed for simulating two-sided combat, the concept of nonreactive testing is introduced, and the role of incentives and rewards to motivate and control performance is discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0686299

Entities

People

  • James K. Arima

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Biological Sciences
  • Defense Systems
  • Human Behavior
  • Instrumentation
  • Military Operations
  • Motivation
  • Operations Research
  • Quality Control
  • Simulators
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

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  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Systems Analysis and Design