Alpha-Numeric Versus Graphic Displays in a Problem-Solving Task

Abstract

To assist commanders in making tactical decisions consistent with rapid change and succession of events, information on military operations must be processed and displayed in the most efficient manner possible. To meet this need, the Army is developing automated systems for receipt, processing, storage, retrieval, and display of different types and vast amounts of military data. The experiment reported was designed to determine how alpha-numeric and graphic presentations affect performance, in terms of speed and accuracy, under two sets of system requirements: (1) need to base a decision on memory of information previously displayed versus no memory requirement, and (2) complexity of information to be held in memory (memory load).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0748799

Entities

People

  • Leon H. Nawrocki

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Defense
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Applied Psychology
  • Biological Sciences
  • Coast Guard
  • Control Systems
  • Errors
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Military Operations
  • Military Psychology
  • Psychology
  • Security
  • Systems Engineering
  • Task Forces
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design