Enhancing Warfighter Performance through Predictive Model-Based Decision Aids and Adaptive Displays Navy SBIR FY2005.2 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2005.2 Topic No.: N05-109 Topic Title: Enhancing Warfighter Performance through Predictive Model-Based Decision Aids and Adaptive Displays Proposal No.: N052-109-0016 Firm: Professional Services Group PO Box 4914 Winter Park, Florida 32793-4914 Contact: Mark Koltko-Rivera Phone: (407) 628-2530 Abstract: The objective of the SBIR topic is the development of adaptive displays and decision aids that optimize operator/team performance by dynamically capturing and using real-world information more accurately. We intend to address this need by applying fuzzy signal detection theory, or FSDT (Hancock, Masalonis, & Parasuraman, 2000) to the domain of adaptive displays and decision aids. We propose in the Phase I research to develop specifications for a prototype system to measure, predict, and enhance pilot performance: the Fuzzy Signal Decision Enhancement System (FEDES). In Phase I, the FEDES will focus on a simulated targeting task, in the context of friend/foe discrimination. FEDES will integrate information regarding multiple dimensions of ongoing mission activity and real-world variables; thus, FEDES will address the effects of multiple factors on performance. Based on ongoing assessment of pilot performance, FEDES will change the organization of the information presented to the pilot to enhance pilot performance. FEDES will track pilot performance over time with high temporal resolution (i.e., over the course of seconds, rather than minutes or hours). Benefits: A successful project will result in a prototype outline of specifications for a performance measurement system that (a) tracks performance over time with high temporal resolution, and, (b) on the basis of this performance, changes the display characteristics (e.g., organization of visual information) so as to enhance pilot performance, (c) through the use of fuzzy signal detection theory (FSDT) technology. Once the FSDT methodology is established, it can be applied essentially to any decision-making task that requires operators to discriminate among potential signals, or to categorize events according to specific preset criteria. Many military applications exist. Target civilian markets to which a successful FSDT model of performance is immediately applicable include the whole spectrum of aviation operations, including air traffic control and civilian flight crews. With a moderate degree of alteration, the FEDES would be applicable to the law enforcement and homeland security market, regarding a variety of tasks ranging from baggage screening to intelligence analysis. The power utility industry is another potential market for a moderately altered FEDES. Return