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Mental workload in command and control teams: musings on the outputs of EAST and WESTT

Mental workload in command and control teams: musings on the outputs of EAST and WESTT
Mental workload in command and control teams: musings on the outputs of EAST and WESTT
The EAST methodology (Event Analysis of Systemic Teamwork) has recently been developed as a means for analyzing command and control scenarios. Its counterpart, the WESTT computer-based analytical prototyping tool (Workload, Error, Situation awareness, Time and Teamwork) allows analysts to visualize, model and measure these command and control networks and activities. Recent studies applying EAST and WESTT to the military domain have led to simplistic inferences about the relative levels of demands during phases of task activity. The present paper takes these inferences a step further, suggesting alternative methods for evaluating mental workload based on human information processing models and network metrics such as latent semantic analysis. Whilst much development work is implied, these analyses offer the possibility not only to quantify mental workload across the network, adding further value to the EAST/WESTT toolkit.
0302-9743
455-464
Springer Berlin
Young, M.S.
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Stanton, N.A
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Walker, G.H.
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Jenkins, D.P.
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Salmon, P.M.
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Harris, Don
Young, M.S.
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Stanton, N.A
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Walker, G.H.
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Jenkins, D.P.
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Salmon, P.M.
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Harris, Don

Young, M.S., Stanton, N.A, Walker, G.H., Jenkins, D.P. and Salmon, P.M. (2007) Mental workload in command and control teams: musings on the outputs of EAST and WESTT. Harris, Don (ed.) In Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics – HCII2007: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference, EPCE 2007. vol. 4562, Springer Berlin. pp. 455-464 . (doi:10.1007/978-3-540-73331-7_50).

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Abstract

The EAST methodology (Event Analysis of Systemic Teamwork) has recently been developed as a means for analyzing command and control scenarios. Its counterpart, the WESTT computer-based analytical prototyping tool (Workload, Error, Situation awareness, Time and Teamwork) allows analysts to visualize, model and measure these command and control networks and activities. Recent studies applying EAST and WESTT to the military domain have led to simplistic inferences about the relative levels of demands during phases of task activity. The present paper takes these inferences a step further, suggesting alternative methods for evaluating mental workload based on human information processing models and network metrics such as latent semantic analysis. Whilst much development work is implied, these analyses offer the possibility not only to quantify mental workload across the network, adding further value to the EAST/WESTT toolkit.

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Published date: 2007
Venue - Dates: 7th International Conference, EPCE 2007: Held as Part of HCI International 2007, , Beijing, China, 2007-07-22 - 2007-07-27

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Local EPrints ID: 481333
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/481333
ISSN: 0302-9743
PURE UUID: c2096216-5dfd-4e6c-9313-775c91e19509
ORCID for M.S. Young: ORCID iD orcid.org/0009-0001-2594-453X
ORCID for N.A Stanton: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8562-3279

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Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 03:13

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Author: M.S. Young ORCID iD
Author: N.A Stanton ORCID iD
Author: G.H. Walker
Author: D.P. Jenkins
Author: P.M. Salmon
Editor: Don Harris

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