Abstract
The first in a series of studies was conducted at the U.S. Army Tactical Command and Control System Experimentation Site (AES) to address user information requirements for the Force Level Control System. User information requirements were determined by monitoring and classifying communications during a command and control exercise and by interviewing participants after the exercise. Separate measures of observed communication frequency, rated importance, and rated perishability were obtained for a set of information elements that comprised a comprehensive taxonomy of tactical command and control communications content. Analyses were then conducted to explore the relationships between frequency, importance, and perishability as well as develop a comprehensive index of criticality. The resulting comprehensive index of criticality is intended to be used by systems developers in selecting the information to be conveyed and processed by the Force Level Control System.
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