Distributed situation awareness in command and control: A case study in the energy distribution domain

Paul M. Salmon; Neville A. Stanton; Guy H. Walker; Chris Baber; Richard McMaster; Dan Jenkins; Ajay Beond; Omar Sharif; Laura Rafferty; Darshna Ladva

doi:10.1177/154193120605000311

Distributed situation awareness in command and control: A case study in the energy distribution domain

Paul M. Salmon, Neville A. Stanton, Guy H. Walker, Chris Baber, Richard McMaster, Dan Jenkins, Ajay Beond, Omar Sharif, Laura Rafferty, Darshna Ladva

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Distributed Situation Awareness (DSA), in terms of structure and knowledge content, distribution, sharing and usage, has important implications for command and control infrastructure design, network configuration, performance and efficiency. Despite this, theory and methods for evaluating DSA in complex sociotechnical systems are currently lacking. This article presents a novel methodology for assessing DSA, along with a case study of DSA in the energy distribution domain. The Event Analysis of Systemic Teamwork (EAST) methodology was used to analyse three scenarios undertaken on a major UK electricity distribution network. In conclusion, an analysis of propositional knowledge networks indicated that DSA effectively 'coupled' the command and control networks observed. DSA comprised 'activated' knowledge objects that were held by, and shared between, the agents involved. Further, analysis of knowledge usage indicated that each agent involved possessed disparate but complementary levels of situation awareness during task performance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	260-264
Number of pages	5
Journal	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting
Volume	50
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/154193120605000311
Publication status	Published - Oct 2006
Event	50th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2006 - San Francisco, United States Duration: 16 Oct 2006 → 20 Oct 2006

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Salmon, P. M., Stanton, N. A., Walker, G. H., Baber, C., McMaster, R., Jenkins, D., Beond, A., Sharif, O., Rafferty, L., & Ladva, D. (2006). Distributed situation awareness in command and control: A case study in the energy distribution domain. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 50(3), 260-264. https://doi.org/10.1177/154193120605000311

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