An Investigation of a Land Combat Tactical Commander's Decision-Making Process.

Abstract

An investigation was made of how two different experimental tools could be used to investigate an Army tactical commander's decision-making process. The procedure was to use a single decision; the Army battalion/task force commander's decision to mass supporting artillery on a trigger area/kill zone, and investigate the variables that affect the decision. The experimental tools used were a questionnaire, in which an experiment on this decision was completed, and the interactive computer wargame, JANUS, which was described and investigated for its usefulness in analyzing tactical decisions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA124990

Entities

People

  • Scott Kevin Johnson

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Artillery Fire
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computational Science
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Experimental Design
  • Indirect Fire
  • Information Science
  • Measures Of Effectiveness
  • Surveys
  • Task Forces
  • Trigger Points
  • United States
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Military Science
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.