Abstract
Three multioperator models were developed using SLAM II to evaluate antisubmarine warfare (ASW) combat system architectures, ASW team member-system interactions, and sensor systems concept of operations, for the purpose of estimating multioperator efficiency. Models varied in sensor sensitivity, system automaticity, and ASW team coordination configurations. The models included a notional ASW combat system configuration (Baseline), the current configuration plus improved sensors (Extended Baseline), and an alternate ASW team coordination structure plus improved sensors (Unconstrained). Effectiveness measures enabled the identification of operator loading levels and the estimation of the extent to which system and alternative ASW team coordination affected the overall handling of contact data across the three models. Results of these analyses have numerous implications on the areas of system design engineering and subsequent sensor operator training, operational procedure development, and engineering change proposal evaluation.
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