Air Threat Assessment: Research, Model, and Display Guidelines

Abstract

This paper briefly reviews a series of studies [Liebhaber, 1999; Liebhaber, 2000) that were undertaken to investigate the practice of U.S. Navy air threat assessment, describes a model of threat assessment that was created from the research data, and proposes guideline for a threat assessment display within the context of an air defense decision support system (DSS). The studies provided a theoretical and applied basis for threat assessment by defining specific cue-data relationships and detailing the cognitive processes involved in air defense situation assessment. Those processes were incorporated into a proposed model of threat assessment that was successful validated against threat ratings from experienced air defense decision makers. These data, combined with earlier work on DSS interfaces [Miller, 1992; Rummel, 1995] and recent discussions with air defense officers, were used to develop guidelines for displaying threat assessment data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA458047

Entities

People

  • Bela Feher
  • Michael J. Liebhaber

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Cognition
  • Combat Information Centers
  • Command And Control
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Engineering
  • Judgment
  • Military Aircraft
  • Naval Warfare
  • Psychology
  • Radar
  • Threat Evaluation
  • Threats
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.