A task analysis of underway replenishment for virtual environment ship-handling simulator scenario development
By:  Steven D. Norris
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
Description: While developing a Virtual Reality (VR) Ship handling simulator for the Surface Warfare Officer School (SWOS) in Newport, RI, researchers at the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) in Orlando, FL discovered a need for a task analysis of a Conning Officer during an Underway Replenishment (UNREP). The purpose of this task analysis was to document the tasks the Conning Officer performs and cues used to accomplish these tasks. The task analysis would ensure that the correct tasks and cues would be modeled in the VR UNREP scenario. The approach taken was to survey cognitive task analysis models to find a notation that would document the tasks performed by a bridge team during an UNREP. The Goals, Operators, Methods, Selection Rules (GOMS) model was selected. A GOMS like model was used to represent the sequential aspects of the UNREP task, while a table was developed to capture the parallelism of the tasks. The UNREP task analysis was then reviewed by qualified Surface Warfare Officers to validate its accuracy. The result of this effort was a validated task analysis model of a Conning Officer during an UNREP. This model was provided to NAWCTSD in support of their future efforts in the development of a VR UNREP Ship handling simulator scenario.
Notes: "September 1998."

Thesis advisor(s): Rudolph P. Darken, John S. Falby.

Thesis (M.S. in Computer Science) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-152).

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