Information and C2 Effectiveness: An Experiment Using RESA

摘要

The Research Evaluation System for Analysis was used to conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses of the impact of two factors on the command and control effectiveness of a set of human decision-makers conducting offensive air strike operations while maintaining an effective defensive posture. The two factors were the community of the decision-maker, tactical-air specialist versus non-tactical-air specialist, and the level of information provided to the decision-maker during the simulation run. We find that potential information overload has a substantial but not statisitcally significant effect upon C2 effectiveness.