PROPHET and Future Signal Warfare Decision Aids

Abstract

Decision aids, even well designed ones, have demonstrated a wide range of utility and effectiveness when employed in the operational environments. The development and employment of the PROPHET HF (1 - 50 MHz) propagation assessment system has been observed for over a decade. Its main strength is to provide mission oriented and scenario specific products to perform HF signal coverage, signal vulnerability and radio circuit connectivity in near real time. While technically sound in meeting these objectives, PROPHET's effectiveness is limited by variations in user training, experience, motivation and the lack of operationally convenient access. These problems appear to apply in some degree to the employment of most decision aids. Based on the PROPHET experience, this paper will describe the fallacies that are common in decision aid development and employment, how they affect the DA effectiveness, aa recommendation for the next generation propagation assessment decision aid and results from an initial demonstration prototyping effort to check out some of the new concepts.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA205615

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