NDLI: Complexity: the dark side of network-centric warfare

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Author	Persson, Mats Rigas, Georgios
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Military theoretical considerations suggest that a networked command and control architecture will provide a more effective form of command and control under complex operations that demand a high tempo of action. This article presents an experimental study with the purpose to examine team performance under different conditions of command and control architectures and their resilience to complexity. The experiment was performed with the task to extinguish simulated fires in a microworld. Three factors were varied in the experiment: command and control architecture, the number of simulated units, and tempo. The dependent variable was the number of lost cells in the microworld. Three command and control architectures were investigated; command by negation, directive command, and a control condition. The general conclusion from this experiment was that all command and control architectures performed equally poorly under the condition of many subordinate units and fast tempo. This was in contradiction to suggestions made in the military theoretical literature. Command by negation was presumably the more effective command and control architecture under the other conditions.
Starting Page	103
Ending Page	115
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	14355558
Journal	Cognition, Technology & Work
Volume Number	16
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	14355566
Language	English
Publisher	Springer London
Publisher Date	2012-10-07
Publisher Place	London
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Architecture Command Complexity Control C3Fire Experimental study Graphical decision support Microworld Network centric Team performance User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction Industrial, Organisational and Economic Psychology Cognitive Psychology Automotive Engineering Aerospace Technology and Astronautics Medicine/Public Health
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Philosophy Human-Computer Interaction Computer Science Applications

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