User Interface Requirements for Battlefield Management Systems (BMS).
User Interface Requirements for Battlefield Management Systems (BMS).

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Published: 1986

Total Pages: 59

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This research investigated user interface requirements for operating the Battlefield Management System (BMS) and the system's potential for reducing the small unit leader's workload. BMS, the primary product improvement planned for the M1A1 Block II modification, is an integrated complex of battlefield information acquisition, processing, and communication technologies. While BMS is expected to significantly enhance command and control, it may require a substantial change in standard operating procedures, such as a shift from vocal (FM radio) to nonvocal communication, and from paper maps to digital maps displays. To ensure that user requirements were included in the design of this innovative system, a prototype interface was developed on an Integrated Raster Imaging System (IRIS) 1400 computer system. A cross section of small unit leaders worked with a digitized terrain data base (Fulda Gap) and menu- structured report functions to construct and edit the map displays and tactical reports needed for their respective duty positions. User requirements for display features and control functions were obtained, together with their recommendations for overall configuration, size, and operating characteristics of the BMS interface. Keywords: Command and Control Systems; Human Factors Engineering; Data displays.

Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications
Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications

Author: Mohammad S. Obaidat

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-05-27

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 3319312952

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The present book includes a set of selected extended papers from the 5th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications (SIMULTECH 2015), held in Colmar, France, from 21 to 23 July 2015. The conference brought together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in methodologies and applications of modeling and simulation. New and innovative solutions are reported in this book. SIMULTECH 2015 received 102 submissions, from 36 countries, in all continents. After a double blind paper review performed by the Program Committee, 19% were accepted as full papers and thus selected for oral presentation. Additional papers were accepted as short papers and posters. A further selection was made after the Conference, based also on the assessment of presentation quality and audience interest, so that this book includes the extended and revised versions of the very best papers of SIMULTECH 2015. Commitment to high quality standards is a major concern of SIMULTECH that will be maintained in the next editions, considering not only the stringent paper acceptance ratios but also the quality of the program committee, keynote lectures, participation level and logistics.