Synthetic Task Design: Cognitive Task Analysis of AWACS Weapons Director Teams

Abstract

In this report, we describe a cognitive task analysis (CTA) of Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) Weapons Director teams. We used three different CTA techniques to investigate how Weapons Directors typically perceive, decide, and act with respect to their environment. The results of the CTA were then distilled to provide both a description of the AWACS job and some preliminary specifications for designing the SynTEAM (Synthetic Team Effectiveness Assessment and Modeling) task. SynTEAM is a synthetic team- task environment based on the AWACS. SynTEAM will ultimately be used in laboratory studies aimed at investigating the characteristics of team behavior and cognition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA398609

Entities

People

  • A. L. Rowe
  • K. L. Dunlap
  • R. P. Fahey

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Aircrafts
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Control Systems
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Mental Processes
  • Military Aircraft
  • Psychology
  • Reconnaissance Aircraft
  • Standards
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Teamwork

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Software Engineering.