The Effect of Battlefield Combat Identification System Information on Target Identification Time and Errors in a Simulated Tank Engagement Task.

Abstract

Thirty enlisted men served as subjects in an experiment to determine how availability of target identification information, such as friend or unknown, might affect human performance of a simulated tank engagement task. For half the subjects, target identification information was available if requested, while for the other half, additional information was unavailable. Accuracy and response time measures of the two groups were no different when targets were not interrogated. When target information was available, however, subjects interrogated targets on only one-seventh of the presentations. Receipt of target information led to considerable gain in accuracy and loss in response time. False alarm rate (calling enemies friends) was highly inflated when target identification was unavailable. Implications of the findings are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA299089

Entities

People

  • James D. Walrath
  • Jennifer C. Swoboda
  • Krishna Pillalamarri
  • Robert Karsh

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Availability
  • Battlefields
  • Biometric Security
  • Errors
  • False Alarms
  • Identification
  • Identification Systems
  • Motor Skills
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.