Using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps to Assess Multi-Operator Situation Awareness

A key aspect of modem battlefield environments is the rapid generation and enormous volume of data available to decision makers, Although this data can potentially afford a decision maker an accurate “snap shot” of the emerging situation, it can also produce noise and data clutter that confuses or distracts. When the resulting operation requires individual members of a distributed team to independently make the correct, or, at a minimum, the same interpretation of the available dam volume can become akey impediment to achieving team situation awareness. The problems for decision making become ven worse when the team members are not co-located and the responsibilities are distributed. To mitigate adverse ffects and to coordinate decision making activities requires tools for developing shared situation awareness within the team. In this paper, the use of fuzzy cognitive maps to model the battlespace for developing shared situation awareness within a team will be discussed.