Development of a Computer-Assisted Simulation of Tactical Voice Communications. Phase I. Conceptual Design.

Abstract

The dramatic introduction of technology onto the battlefield has intensified in recent years and is expected to continue at an accelerated rate. This results in increased human performance demands. Human performance is physiologically limited in terms of the rate at which a human can process information and physically perform tasks. Though there is little that can be done about the human's physiological limitations, human performance capabilities can be improved in other ways. Human performance capabilities of Army personnel can best be improved by either raising enlistment standards (e.g., education, aptitude) and/or providing more and better training. Enlistment standards are expected to remain relatively constant during the foreseeable future. Though Army training has improved and will continue to do so, the training environment is burdened with ever increasing demands (to a large extent attributable to the proliferation of technology on the battlefield) while simultaneously experiencing diminishing resources (e.g., time and money). As a result, human performance capabilities in the Army are also expected to remain relatively constant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA143036

Entities

People

  • D. L. Hannaman
  • P. R. Michaelis
  • R. M. Chambers

Organizations

  • Human Resources Research Organization

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Command And Control
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Doctrine
  • Information Theory
  • Military Communications
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Research
  • Military Science
  • Operations Research
  • Radio Communications
  • Signal Processing
  • Students
  • Tactical Communications
  • Trainees
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Economics
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.