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    • Cognitive Science
    • Human-Computer Interaction
    • Information Visualization

    Background:

    • Submarine localization is challenging due to passive sonar's inability to provide unique course, speed, and range information.
    • Algorithms addressing submarine localization uncertainty exist but are themselves subject to uncertainty.
    • Uncertainty can be represented tabularly or graphically, impacting user comprehension.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate how different uncertainty representations affect performance in a complex visualization task.
    • To test if aligning uncertainty display with expert preferences enhances nonexpert performance.
    • To determine the cognitive load associated with different uncertainty visualization methods.

    Main Methods:

    • Performance data collected using displays with and without spatial or tabular uncertainty representations.
    • Participants performed a submarine localization task.
    • Comparison of performance metrics between different display conditions.

    Main Results:

    • Spatial uncertainty displays led to more accurate performance.
    • Nonexperts using spatial displays achieved near-expert performance levels.
    • Reduced mental effort was identified as a key factor in improved performance with spatial displays.

    Conclusions:

    • Aligning uncertainty representation with expert preferences can enable nonexpert performance comparable to experts.
    • This finding has implications for domains requiring the management of high uncertainty.
    • Effective uncertainty visualization is crucial for complex decision-making tasks.