Human Dimensions in Future Battle Command Systems: A Workshop Report

摘要

This is an event report on a workshop on human dimensions in future battle command systems with the objectives to: inform the relevance of human dimensions in future modular forces with network-enabled Battle Command System (BCS); identify design and analysis requirements for human-technology collaborative work systems for future network-enabled BCS; inform requirements for commander-centric doctrine and training developments. The workshop used subject matter experts. The workshop recommendations do not advocate any standard or must follow 'issues.' It was noted that the human dimensions will have to transcend the constructivist and physique concepts to mentalist and cognitivist. The commander was viewed as an intelligence leader who must be responsive to Changes; Adapt to those changes; Learn from situation outcomes; and Lead by example. This CALL model defines the commander abstractly when in contact with the changing and often unknown and chaotic battle environments. Requirements for studying higher order cognitive skills (HOCS) were elucidated through eleven identified insights. It was observed that the human dimension issues will deal with increasing cognitive requirements that must be studied through complimentary disciplines of situation awareness, sensemaking, and situation understanding. Issues to frame HOCS were identified along knowledge management, decision support systems, sensory attention, and neural-level information processing with bias towards possible network capability and occasions of degradation.