Comparison of Operator Aided Optimization with Iterative Manual Optimization in a Simulated Tactical Decision Aiding Task.

Abstract

This report describes the implementation and experimental evaluation of two methods of aiding the selection of (a) an air strike path through a field of ten enemy sensors, and (b) aircraft speeds on each leg of the path. Utility of each candidate strike path was computed according to a predetermined utility function; the utility function was nonlinear and multi-modal. One of the ISC-designed aids uses Operator Aided Optimization (OAO). An operator using the OAO aid guides a nonlinear programming algorithm by selecting starting points for each solution search by the algorithm. The other aid is called Iterative Manual Optimization (IMO). An operator then modifies the previous solution in light of what was learned from seeing its utility. The process is repeated until the operator is satisfied with the utility achieved.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA087668

Entities

People

  • David H. Walsh
  • Michael D. Schechterman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Strikes
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Applied Psychology
  • Central Processing Units
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Equations
  • Flight Speeds
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Nonlinear Programming
  • Operations Research
  • Optimization
  • Psychology

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