A Mathematical Theory of Command and Control Structures.

Abstract

The elements of a mathematical theory for the analysis and design of organizations are presented. The focus of the research has been on information processing and decisionmakers organizations supported by Command Control and Communications(C3) systems. The mathematical framework used in modeling the individual decisonmakers, as well as the organization, is that of n-dimensional information theory. Petri Net representation of the organizational structure is used to model the interactions between organization members as well as their interactions with the C3 system. Comparison and evaluation of alternative organizational forms is accomplished by considering organizational performance, individual workload and the sets of satisfing decision strategies. A brief description of research on distributed estimation and on information storage and flow in C3 systems is also included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 30, 1984
Accession Number
ADA145608

Entities

People

  • A. H. Levis

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Consistency
  • Control Systems
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Databases
  • Estimators
  • Flow Network
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Information Theory
  • Optimal Estimators
  • Organizational Structure
  • Petri Nets
  • Workload

Readers

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

Technology Areas

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