Development of a SMART Aid for the AADC Team Manager

"The System for Management and Allocation of Recurring Tasks (SMART) will aid team management for complex Navy systems, with initial application to the Area Air Defense Coordination (AADC) system. SMART manages the sequence of tasks which a Navy teamperforms based on specification of relevant performance-influencing factors. A cognitive model serves as an intelligent agent to generate aiding recommendations. A user interface for a human task manager provides a dynamic display of informationconcerning the suitability of team members for different tasks based on both perseverant and transitory characteristics of team members, tasks, and operational context. A series of experiments is planned to iteratively evaluate and refine an initial`manual' scheme for task allocation through successively more sophisticated concepts for aiding and automation of task allocation. SMART will be developed first to aid the Chief Planner of the AADC Plans Team, and subsequently to support the AADC TacticalOperations Team.BENEFITS: SMART addresses critical Navy needs in the areas of capable manpower and decision support that arise from the complex influences of the evolution of automation and intelligent systems technology and the wide-spread mandate forreduced manning. SMART will enable resource-limited Navy teams, in diverse system environments, to dynamically manage task assignments in order to satisfy conflicting objectives of optimizing mission