WESTT (workload, error, situational awareness, time and teamwork): An analytical prototyping system for command and control

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-207

  Houghton, Robert J ^a   Baber, Chris ^a   Cowton, Malcolm ^b   Walker, Guy H ^c   Stanton, Neville A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Aerosystems International   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical prototyping; Command and control; Human error; Knowledge networks; Network enabled capability; Social networks; Workload

Indexed keywords

(E ,3E) PROCESS; (OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN FACTORS INTEGRATION (HFI); MODERN DEVELOPMENTS; PROTOTYPING; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS (SA); SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOFTWARE TOOLS; SPRINGER (CO);

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ERROR ANALYSIS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; TECHNOLOGY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 45749106732     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-007-0098-4     Document Type: Article

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