Decision Aids for Naval Air ASW
Abstract
This report examines the applicability of a variety of decision aiding techniques to operation decision situations encountered in Naval Air Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW). Decisions performed by the Tactical Coordinator (TACCO) in the three major Navy air ASW platforms -- P-3C, S-3A, and LAMPS MK- III --are examined and synthesized into six decision making situations. These six situations are Lost Contact Reacquisition, Contact Classification/ Verification, On-Station Search, Localization, Surveillance Tracking, and Attack Planning. They represent distinct decision making contexts in which specific mission objectives are sought. A method for prioritizing these decision situations for decision and construction is developed and applied. A survey of numerous decision aids and a detailed analysis of 15 military decision aids results in the development of a six category taxonomy of decision aiding techniques. Possible combinations of techniques that could be applied to aid each of the decision situations are determined by matching the decision aiding techniques from the taxonomy to the detailed descriptions of the decision situations. The matching of techniques to situations is facilitated by the development of a descriptive framework for the decision situations. The categories in this framework chosen so as to uncover the aspects of the situations most amenable to decision aiding by the techniques in the taxonomy.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 15, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA085134
Entities
People
- Wayne W. Zachary