Developed by the leading scientists in the field, Designing for Situation Awareness: An Approach to User-Centered Design, Third Edition offers a systematic and successful methodology for supporting the situation awareness of individuals and teams who work in complex and demanding environments.

Mica R. Endsley is President of SA Technologies and is the former Chief Scientist for the United States Air Force. She has also held the positions of Visiting Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at Texas Tech University. With over 40 years of experience, she is a recognized world leader in the design, development and evaluation of systems to support situation awareness and decision making in advanced systems, including aviation, air traffic control, healthcare, power, and military operations. Dr. Endsley is a Fellow and Past-President of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. She received a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California.

Debra G. Jones is the Senior Manager of Human Engineering at Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) and leads the strategic integration of human engineering across the BDS portfolio. Dr. Jones is an expert in human systems engineering with a distinguished career that includes roles as Principal Research Associate and Vice President of Operations at SA Technologies, and Principal Research Engineer and Head of the Human Engineering Branch at Georgia Tech Research Institute. She specializes in analyzing complex systems to enhance situation awareness, evaluating human performance in operational contexts, and improving tactical decision-making. Dr. Jones holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Texas Tech University, is a Certified Human Factors Professional, and has significantly advanced the application of human engineering principles in high-stakes environments.

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

About the authors

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Part Two: Creating SA-Oriented Designs

Chapter 5

Chapter 6 Principles of Designing for SA

Chapter 8 Dealing with Complexity

Chapter 10 Automation, AI and Situation Awareness

Chapter 11 Designing to Support SA for Multiple and Distributed Operators

Part Three: SA-Oriented Design in Complex Domains

Chapter 12 Design Schema

Chapter 13 Situation Awareness in Driving

Chapter 14 SA in Healthcare

Chapter 15 SA in Command and Control

Chapter 16 Unmanned and Remotely Operated Vehicles

Chapter 17 SA With Augmented Reality

Part Four: Completing the Design Cycle

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Appendix A

References

Index