Abstract
Introduction: Drawing on Peircean philosophy, this paper argues that
shared situation awareness
and decision making can be viewed as a process consisting of ‘semiosis’ or
‘perception-action
cycles’: action is derived from perception of a ‘sign’ while each course of
action implies
meaningful basis for further action. Method: We analysed observation data of
an accident
rehearsal in a metro traffic control centre. The method includes
interpretation of how courses of
action are linked to each other and to situation awareness; it provides an
overall description of how
situation awareness is constructed in activity. Results and discussion: The
process of creating
situation awareness was heavily mediated; several individuals were needed for
conveying
knowledge from the scene of accident to the emergency response. The overall
interaction pattern is
explainable with the division of tasks in the control centre. The results
point to practical ideas on
how to streamline the flow of communication.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM 2013), Marseille, France, 21-24 May 2013 |
| Editors | H. Chaudet, L. Pellegrin, N. Bonnardel |
| Place of Publication | Paris, France |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | International Conference on Naturalistic Decision Making 2013 - Marseille, France Duration: 22 May 2013 → 24 May 2013 |
Conference
| Conference | International Conference on Naturalistic Decision Making 2013 |
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| Abbreviated title | NDM 2013 |
| Country | France |
| City | Marseille |
| Period | 22/05/13 → 24/05/13 |
Keywords
- Situation awareness
- transportation
- accident management
- metro traffic control
- interaction analysis