Decision Support for Complex Human-Autonomy Teams

Humans are very good at making daily, straight forward decisions; however, due to our propensity to be case based reasoners, errors can be introduced while making complex decisions. Technology becomes more complex daily, and as we move towards autonomous vehicles and future integration of smart robotic technology, it will become more difficult for humans to understand the fundamental functioning of this complex technology and to make accurate and beneficial decisions in very complex situations. Future mission deployments will team human personnel with heterogeneous unmanned systems that will vary not only by type (e.g., ground, aerial and underwater), but also in their intelligence and autonomous capabilities. Artificial Intelligence provides a number of approaches for supporting the human’s decision making process and reducing the potential for error.