The Role of Mental Models in Team Performance in Complex Systems

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 1296-1308

  Rouse, William B ^a   Cannon Bowers, Janis A ^b   Salas, Eduardo ^b  

^a Search Technology Inc   (United States)

^b Naval Training Systems Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY;

DECISION MAKING; MENTAL MODELS; TEAM DECISION MAKING; TEAM PERFORMANCE;

SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

EID: 0026946987     PISSN: 00189472     EISSN: 21682909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/21.199457     Document Type: Article

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