Direct Manipulating Interface Techniques for Users Interacting with Software Agents
Abstract
In this paper we provide an overview of our research investigating what functionality should be provided to users of a future Joint Battlespace Infosphere (JBI). We characterize and discuss the development of the JBI as a new form of automation that employs intelligent agents to autonomously seek, retrieve, and fuse information We believe that the development of new types of direct manipulation interfaces are the best approach to achieving JBI goals of reducing decision time and manning while maintaining positive control over the command and control (C2) system. Further, we argue that the integration of direct manipulation interface techniques with interface agents will change the HCI from a mechanism to execute tasks into a decision-aid that supports cognitive information processing. We cootextualize this discussion by providing an overview of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Human Interaction with Software Agents (HISA) project. This effort is developing a HCI for Air Mobility Command's (AMC) Tanker Airlift Control Center (TACC) that interacts with operational C2 systems through intelligent agents, similar to the manner of the proposed JBI.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADP010698
Entities
People
- Michael Young
- Randall Whitaker
- Robert G. Eggleston
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory