Adaptive Estimation of Information Values in Continuous Decision Making and Control of Advanced Aircraft

摘要

This report describes research and development centered on evaluation of information needs in advanced operations. The selection of information for display is a recurrent, subjective decision involving many factors--aircraft state, environmental conditions, operator capabilities, and acquisition costs, among others. An adaptive computer model has been developed which incorporates these factors into a multi-attribute decision model. The program is designed to capture the operator's information seeking policy using a training algorithm based on pattern recognition techniques. The individual policy is then used for information system evaluation and for automated information management. Experimental tests of the adaptive modeling and information management approaches were made using a task simulation resembling multiple intercept operations in advanced aircraft. Individual subjects (8 in study) navigated a simulated aircraft through a hazardous, changing environment. The report includes an example application of the information management program to F-14 threat intercept operations and a set of system application guidelines.