Situation Awareness of Commanders: A Cognitive Model

Abstract

Cognitive modeling is a research method that does not forgive vagueness. How do military commanders create awareness in a highly complex and uncertain world? The model described in this paper simulates computationally some of the cognitive operations performed by commanders during the evaluation of a complex battle situation. Although the set of cognitive processes that support SA are still not well understood, we have hypothesized a meta-architecture involving: information gathering, assessment, and alternative generation. The cognitive model reported here paves the road towards a more complete and valid representation. The model was implemented using ACT-R, a cognitive architecture, and tested with scenarios running in OTB, a simulation tool for war scenarios.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 2004
Accession Number
AD1142795

Entities

People

  • Cleotilde Gonzalez
  • Octavio Juarez-espinosa

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Science
  • Command And Control
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Doctrine
  • Models
  • Prototypes
  • Psychology
  • Reasoning
  • Recognition
  • Simulations
  • Situational Awareness
  • Software Agents
  • Thinking
  • Training
  • War Games

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.