It's a small world after all: Contrasting hierarchical and edge networks in a simulated intelligence analysis task

Ergonomics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 265-281

  Stanton, Neville A ^a   Walker, Guy H ^b   Sorensen, Linda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agility; command and control; networks; organisation structure

Indexed keywords

AGILITY; COMMAND AND CONTROL; EDGE NETWORKS; ERGONOMICS ANALYSIS; ERGONOMICS DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY; INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS; MILITARY RESEARCH; NETWORK TYPES; PEER TO PEER; SMALL WORLD NETWORKS; SMALL WORLDS; SOCIOTECHNICAL; TEAM COMMUNICATION;

COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ERGONOMICS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

PEER TO PEER NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOENGINEERING; HUMAN; SOLDIER; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BEHAVIOR; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859208215     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2011.642006     Document Type: Article

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