Operator Decision-Making Characteristics.
Abstract
The purpose of this report is to review the operator's decision-making characteristics as a first step in developing decision aids for the air-to-ground combat environment. Both formal and empirical models of decision-making are discussed. Four components of decision-making: information selection, probability estimation, worth assessment, and action selection are identified. Empirical results from laboratory and real-world studies are used to characterize operator performance for each of these components of decision-making. The results indicate that the operator is best characterized in terms of empirical, rather than normative, models of decision-making. In particular, models based on heuristic processes seem to best characterize operator performance. Heuristic processes are rules used by the operator which simplify the decision situation and result in predictable errors.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA080377
Entities
People
- Michael J. Barnes
Organizations
- Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake