Structure Mapping in Visual Displays for Decision Support

Abstract

This paper adopts a cognitive theory of analogy and applies it to the design of decision support systems. The approach, called structure mapping, captures the conceptual structure of a C2 problem in the graphical features of a visual display. The result is a visualization that supports decision making better than standard mappings of geospatial information. As an example we present a system designed to support weapon-target pairing for time-sensitive targeting. This C2 system in particular, and structure mapping in general, are useful because solving a problem like weapon-target pairing requires reasoning about probabilities, priorities and other parameters that are not shown in standard mappings. Thus the contribution of this paper is threefold in: (1) reviewing the theory behind our structure mapping approach; (2) presenting a system designed in accordance with this approach; (3) discussing how the same approach can be used to design intuitively informative displays for other C2 systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA463312

Entities

People

  • Craig Bonaceto
  • Kevin Burns

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Algorithms
  • Bayesian Inference
  • Command And Control
  • Corporations
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Electric Batteries
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Information Science
  • Probability
  • Reservoirs
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering
  • Targeting
  • Targets
  • Time Sensitive Targets

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  • Computer Vision.
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Systems Analysis and Design