Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2005
City
Dayton
Abstract
Information overload has become a critical challenge within military operations. However, the problem is not so much one of too much information but of abundant information that is poorly organized and poorly represented. Here I describe a prototype information-action workspace, sometimes referred to as a knowledge visualization, to resolve this issue. Development proceeded through a systematic design sequence of cognitive analysis, knowledge representation and workspace design. The cognitive analysis focused on the specific information needed to support military planning and judgment. The workspace was structured in terms of dimensions of functional abstraction and functional decomposition; dimensions that are thought to characterize the fundamental structure of cognitive work. The products of a Cognitive Work Analysis were integrated with insights drawn from operational and scientific literature to develop a prototype workspace. Here I outline some of the features of the prototype workspace.
Repository Citation
Lintern, G.
(2005). Workspace Visualization for Planning of Air Operations. 2005 International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, 457-462.
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