An Enavaluation Method of Team Situation Awareness of Air Traffic Control Teams

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25730088
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cognitive science
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: NONOSE KOHEI 東京大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (20644496)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: チーム状況認識 / 航空管制 / チームワーク / 評価手法 / チーム認知

Outline of Final Research Achievements

High reliability teams in complex and dynamics settings, such as air traffic control (ATC) teams, require high levels of shared awareness and understanding between team members concerning the task for safe and efficient operations. Although much research has been devoted to the measurement of situation awareness of individuals in high risk environments, the operationalization of team situational awareness (TSA) has remained fuzzy and the development of techniques to measure TSA has received little attention. This study describes the first results of a TSA measurement based on mutual belief. The new TSA method is a qualitative as well as a quantitative method, which relies on qualitative data obtained through behavioral observation by subject matter experts and allows quantitative TSA ratings based on the collected data. This paper describes the method and initial efforts to establish reliability and validity in an ATC environment and discusses the next steps for further development.

Free Research Field

認知システム工学