tailieunhanh - Exploring Information Superiority

The military is formulating new visions, strategies, and concepts that capitalize on emerging information-age technologies to provide its warfighters with significantly improved capabilities to meet the national security challenges of the 21st century. These programs are described in such documents as the Quadrennial Defense Review, Joint Vision 2020, a variety of publications describing networkcentric warfare (NCW), | EXPLORING INFORMATION SUPERIORITY A Methodology for Measuring the Quality of Information and Its Impact on Shared Awareness Walter Perry David Signori John Boon Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense National Defense Research Institute RAND Approved for public release distribution unlimited The research described in this report was sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense OSD . The research was conducted in the RAND National Defense Research Institute a federally funded research and development center supported by the OSD the Joint Staff the unified commands and the defense agencies under Contract DASW01-01-C-0004. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Perry Walt L. Exploring information superiority a methodology for measuring the quality of information and its impact on shared awareness Walter Perry David Signori John Boon. p. cm. Mr-1467. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8330-3489-8 pbk. alk. paper 1. Command and control systems United States. 2. Information warfare United States. I. Signori David 1942- II. Boon John 1959- . 2003 3041 0973 dc22 2003022433 The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit research organization providing objective analysis and effective solutions that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors around the world. RAND s publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors. RAND is a registered trademark. Copyright 2004 RAND Corporation All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means including photocopying recording or information storage and retrieval without permission in writing from RAND. Published 2004 by the RAND Corporation 1700 Main Street . Box 2138 Santa Monica CA 90407-2138 1200 South Hayes Street Arlington VA 22202-5050 201 North Craig Street Suite 202 Pittsburgh PA 15213-1516 RAND URL http To order RAND documents or to obtain .