ACADIA: A Cognitive Typology of Tactical Decision Tasks

Abstract

This report proposes an approach to the design of expert system decision aids based on categorizing tactical decision tasks in terms of the limited number of dilemmas inherent in military command and control (C2) operations. Six types of dilemmas are distinguished in the ACADIA typology of tactical decision tasks. These dilemmas are occasioned by the need for the following types of actions as outputs of the C2 cycle: acceptance (of a hypothesis), change (of a course of action in midstream), anticipation (of the future tactical interface), designation (of resources to be assigned), implementation (of an action), and adaptation (to a catastrophic event). The ACADIA typology provides a framework for development of generic C2 expert decision aids based on users' cognitive needs. The author discusses some of the operational and training implications of generic expert decision aids based on the ACADIA approach.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA252150

Entities

People

  • Raymond C. Sidorsky

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

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  • C4I
  • Human Systems
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  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Climate Change
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Science
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Command And Control
  • Computational Science
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Information Processing
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  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Training
  • Warfare

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