Distributed Command and Organizational Situation Awareness

Abstract

Situation awareness is an essential cognitive-domain object of the command and control decision process. This paper places an organization's SA in the context of OODA (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) interaction between opposing teams. In addition, a hierarchical SA structure is used to organize SA generated from the physical entities in the corresponding physical domain. A rich Modal Logic-based language (SALMA) is proposed to represent and also to communicate awareness within an organization to form the Organizational Situation Awareness. An example of increase of knowledge due to Organizational SA is given. An additional example of strategic maneuver based on Organization SA is also given. The paper concludes with an assessment of technology-led innovation and the significance of measurement in situation awareness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA466017

Entities

People

  • Norman K. Ma
  • Thomas R. Ioerger

Organizations

  • Texas A&M University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Information Systems
  • Intelligent Agents
  • Language
  • Military Applications
  • Multiagent Systems
  • Network Centric Warfare
  • Organizational Structure
  • Perception
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Situational Awareness
  • Universities
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

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