Demonstration of the Subjective Transfer Function Approach Applied to Air-Force-Wide Mission Area Analysis.

Abstract

This note describes an application of the subjective transfer function (STF) approach to complex system analysis to an Air-Force-Wide Mission Area Analysis (AFWMAA) problem domain. Following a short description of the background that led up to the research and an overview of the STF approach, the authors discuss how the STF approach was applied to the AFWMAA problem domain of immediate targeting for battlefield air interdiction in the tactical command and control mission area. That section includes: the hypothesized structure of the problem domain: how the judgment data were gathered; the judgment models entertained as STFs to explain how the components comprising the structure affect judged outcomes; how the data were analyzed to provide information about the appropriateness of the hypothesized structure and the appropriate STFs for functionally linking the components of the structure; and how resulting STFs would be used to assess the capabilities of alternative command and control systems. Finally, the significant features of the STF approach are described and a brief summary is presented. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA113677

Entities

People

  • Barbara J. Rose
  • Clairice T. Veit
  • Monti Callero

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Interdiction
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Complex Systems
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Hard Copy
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Mission Area Analysis
  • Money
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Transfer Functions

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control