Target Background Scaling and Its Impact on the Prediction of Aircrew Target Acquisition Performance.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to establish a preliminary target-background metric to be used in the prediction of dynamic visual aircrew target acquisition performance. This was accomplished by relating 14 physical and psychophysical characteristics of ten operational target-background encounters to observed air-to-ground cumulative target acquisition probability. The target acquisition performance on these targets had been previously validated by large-scale field tests conducted by Joint Task Force Two (JTF-2). (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0737693

Entities

People

  • Lawrence P. Zaitzeff

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Field Tests
  • Target Acquisition
  • Task Forces

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.