Abstract
Understanding the evolving, complex events on a battlefield requires a decision maker to gather and integrate data from disparate sources. The work described herein is the final in a series of studies that investigates the decision making processes employed by military decision makers. Twenty-one Army officers participated in a simulation of an offensive military operation. The results of this study are compared to the results of three previous studies involving participants with differing levels of expertise (experienced versus novice) and using different types of scenarios (defense versus offense). Results strongly suggest that performance of military decision makers varies based on levels of experience and the data they gather vary according to context. Implications for design of decision support systems are also discussed.
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