ABSTRACT
Due to the dynamic and time-critical nature of military command and control (C2) operations, commanders and other operators are often required to execute complex decision making under conditions of significant uncertainty, risk, and time pressure. One of the key challenges in developing and designing future C2 systems will be to effectively characterize decision making in these environments. The importance of this characterization is further underscored by rapid advances in technology and the shift towards ubiquitous computing and network-centric operations. The purpose of this paper is to review some of the major theoretical perspectives gleaned from the psychology of decision making and to identify key factors and dimensions that may prove useful in the development of decision support systems in future network-centric C2 applications.
