Exploring information superiority a methodology for measuring the quality of information and its impact on shared awareness

Assessing how technology contributes to information superiority and decision dominance a major challenge, in part because it demands quantitative measures for what are usually considered qualitative concepts. The authors have developed a mathematical framework to aid these efforts. Additional work,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Perry, Walt L. (-)
Corporate Author: United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense (-)
Other Authors: Signori, David, 1942-, Boon, John, 1959-
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND 2004.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426437706719
Table of Contents:
  • PREFACE; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; GLOSSARY; Chapter One INTRODUCTION; RESEARCH OBJECTIVES; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; LIMITATIONS; ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT; Chapter Two THE ANALYTIC FRAMEWORK; THE C4ISR INFORMATION SUPERIORITY REFERENCE MODEL; THE C4ISR ARCHITECTURE; THE NCW VALUE CHAIN; INFORMATION QUALITY; A QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGY; SUMMING UP; Chapter Three THE PHYSICAL AND INFORMATION DOMAINS; THE PHYSICAL DOMAIN; THE INFORMATION DOMAIN; THE SENSOR SUBDOMAIN; THE FUSION SUBDOMAIN; THE NETWORK SUBDOMAIN; SUMMING UP
  • Chapter Four THE COGNITIVE DOMAIN; ANALYSIS IN THE COGNITIVE DOMAIN; MODELING INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; MODELING SHARED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; SUMMING UP; Chapter Five FUTURE WORK; REFINEMENT OF CURRENT RESEARCH; APPLICATION OF THE RESEARCH TO OTHER C4ISR ARCHITECTURES; Appendix A SOME DEFINITIONS; Appendix B CANDIDATE MODELS; Appendix C SPREADSHEET MODEL; BIBLIOGRAPHY