Automated Assistance for Fire Support Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I)
Abstract
Problems of designing C3I system functions and concepts to improve performance of staff operations have been ascribed to difficulties in structuring and decomposing manual information handling tasks, poor understanding of applications of ADP, and limited understanding of the cognitive friction between personnel and ADP systems. This report describes a methodology developed to overcome these problems. The core of the methodology includes a taxonomy of generic C3I tasks, a taxonomy of generic classes of ADP services, and a matrix relating potential uses of ADP services to support generic C3I tasks. The report illustrates the methodology by applying it to the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System and includes an analysis of ADP services provided by systems using low risk hardware and software approaches, a decomposition of fire support C2 functions into detailed and elementary subfunctions, and recommendations concerning the use of ADP services to provide automated assistance to the fire support C2 functions and subfunction. Keywords: Soldier machine task allocation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA169667
Entities
People
- Gary Witus
- Janice Patton
- Peter Cherry