Modeling Situation awareness (SA) in NCO/NCW environments is inherently challenging due to the complexity of the underlying network, highly dynamic nature of processes, and the need for real time analysis. In this paper, we present a performance model for SA using the Network Centric Operations Performance & Prediction (NCO-PP) framework, an established framework for analyzing and predicting pe...

Safe cycling requires situation awareness (SA), which is the basis for recognizing and anticipating hazards. Children have poorer SA than adults, which may put them at risk. This study investigates whether cyclists' SA can be trained with a video-based learning game. The effect of executive working memory on SA was also studied. Thirty-six children (9-10 years) and 22 adults (21-48 years) playe...

In nowadays complex and dynamic changing military environments supporting Situation Awareness (SA) of operators is a prerequisite for situationand task-adequate decision making and action accomplishment. SA refers to information on three levels which represent relevant elements of the operator environment, element patterns describing complex mission situations, and projections of future states ...

BACKGROUND Navigation errors are a frequent cause of serious accidents and work-related injuries among seafarers. The present study investigated the effects of experience, perceived realism, and situation awareness (SA) on the perceived learning outcome of simulator-based navigation training. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty-two Norwegian Navy officer cadets were assigned to a low and a high menta...

The present paper provides a comprehensive review about the main concepts on situation awareness for critical infrastructure. The issues related to models and architectures for data fusion and situation awareness are reported in the framework of Critical Infrastructure Protection. Both data fusion and situation swareness have been developed in Critical Infrastructure field to merge and integrat...

A primary challenge to creating an intelligent vehicle that can competently drive in traffic is the task of tactical reasoning: deciding which maneuvers to perform in a particular driving situation, in real-time, given incomplete information about the rapidly changing traffic configuration. Human expertise in tactical driving is attributed to situation awareness, a task-specific understanding o...

Little work has empirically examined the cognitive construct of situation awareness (SA) in driving tasks involving the use of advanced in-vehicle automated technologies and personal communication devices. This research investigated the effects of an adaptive cruise control (ACC) system, and cell phone use in driving, on a direct and objective measure of SA, and assessed the competition of mult...

In 2008 a runaway chemical reaction caused an explosion at a methomyl unit in West Virginia, USA, killing two employees, injuring eight people, evacuating more than 40,000 residents adjacent to the facility, disrupting traffic on a nearby highway and causing significant business loss and interruption. Although the accident was formally investigated, the role of the situation awareness (SA) fact...

Free flight represents a major change in the way that aircraft may be handled in the U.S. National Airspace System. It has the potential of significantly increasing airspace utilization and thus improving aircraft throughput. The degree to which these objectives can be met, however, without compromising aircraft safety, depends on establishing appropriate changes in the air traffic control syst...

Aeronautics procedures are used as prescribed action lists to help human operators remember and follow mandatory steps that guarantee safety, workload and performance criteria. A study of the use of procedures in the civil aviation domain surveyed 207 pilots using four investigation methods, including the observation of 140 hours of full-flight simulator. The results of this study are used to a...