Artificial Intelligence for Command and Control
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to assess the feasibility of developing a decision aiding support system, through human factors engineering and decision-making analysis, to support one of the Army Corps battlefield tasks -- mobility, countermobility, and survivability as performed by combat engineers. The research effort included reviews of the literature in the areas of user computer interface design and technologies, and decision aiding technologies with respect to software techniques. Literature reviews were augmented by in depth analysis of the combat engineer's decision making activities. Combat engineers were interviewed. Based on these systematic analysis steps, a solution was found which applied cognitive science technologies to the traditional arts of decision analysis, emphasizing the use of interactive intelligence as a modality to improve combat engineer's decision making with respect to developing plans for engineering operations. A design of the Combat Engineer decision aiding system (CETOOLS) to provide decision aiding support for combat engineer planning activities was developed. The proposed CETOOLS design was judged feasible with a low level of risk. Keywords: Artificial intelligence, Management information systems, Computer programs, Human factors engineering, Decision support systems, Army corps of engineers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 15, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA229342
Entities
People
- Regina Harris
- Robert J. Lysaght
- William Kelly