Enhanced tactical symbology for command and control of ground forces
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Hawrylak, Michael N.
Miller, Jeffrey W.
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1985-03Advisor
Richards, F.R.
Second Reader
Zied, A.M.
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This thesis is directed at the design and evaluation of
"enhanced" ground-force map symbology. Enhanced symbology
differs from conventional in that enhanced symbols quantify
and clarify information on particular units such as combat
effectiveness, personnel strength, equipment density and
logistics readiness,
A variety of design properties compiled from several
sources that should be considered when fashioning a new
military symbol group is discussed with special emphasis on
reducing the negative effects of clutter. A suggested
symbol set is developed for support of tactical decision-making
and for display on computer graphics systems.
The performance of this symbology is then evaluated
through an experiment designed to compare the process of
quickly and easily solving tactical problems with the
enhanced decision aids versus the conventional. An analysis
of the experiment results indicates that a commander can
reach a tactical decision faster using enhanced symbology.
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