Attention Mechanism in Battlefield Situation Awareness

doi:10.16182/j.issn1004731x.joss.201710001

Abstract

Abstract: Battlefield situation awareness (BSA) is the basis of C2 and decision making. Research on BSA can clarify the mechanism and lay the foundation for designing intelligent model and algorithm to assist commanders with situation awareness. Taking attention mechanism as the point, the relevant discussion in psychology was summarized, a framework of the attention mechanism in BSA was put forth, and its application in operational target value assessment was explored.

Key words: battlefield situation awareness, attention mechanism, operational target, value assessment

CLC Number:

TP183

Kong Yisi, Hu Xiaofeng, Zhu Feng, Tao Jiuyang. Attention Mechanism in Battlefield Situation Awareness[J]. Journal of System Simulation, 2017, 29(10): 2233-2241.

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