David D. Woods

Resiliência e Fragilidade dos Sistemas de Trabalho e Sustentabilidade: estudos de casos de sistemas sócio-técnicos complexos no Brasil na área nuclear, aviação e emergência (2009)

José O. Gomes, David D. Woods, Tahar Hakim Benchekroun

Resilience Engineering aims to make people and organizations sensitive to the risk models adopted and to the adaptive strategies used to control the emergency and failure paths. A resilient...

DOI 10.1007/s00138-006-0047-x (2008)

Er M. Morison, David D. Woods, A. M. Morison, D. D. Woods

An adaptive focus-of-attention model for video surveillance and monitoring

For Human Error in Medicine (second edition) (2008)

Emily S. Patterson, Richard I. Cook, David D. Woods, Marta L. Render

There is great interest in reducing the frequency and consequences of “human error ” in healthcare, similar to past efforts in aviation, nuclear power generation, and space operations. Overall,...

Human-Centered Computing Toward a Theory of Complex and Cognitive Systems (2008)

Robert R. Hoffman, Machine Cognition, David D. Woods, R. Hoffman, Patrick J. Hayes, Kenneth M. Ford

Essays in this department have presented nine propositions that we’ve referred to as principles of humancentered computing: • The Aretha Franklin Principle: Do not devalue the human in order to...

Rosaceae: The rose family (2008)

Robert R. Hoffman, Paul J. Feltovich, Kenneth M. Ford, David D. Woods, Gary Klein, Klein Associates, ...

Multiflorae: Trans-species root stock In this essay, we concern ourselves with characterizations of the “new ” approaches to the design of complex sociotechnical systems, and we use a biological...

In (2008)

David D. Woods, R. Parasuraman, M. Mouloua

We usually focus on the perceived benefits of new automated or computerized devices. Our fascination with the possibilities afforded by technology in general often obscures the fact that new...

Introducing (2008)

Dong-seok Lee, David D. Woods, Daniel Kidwell

the design traps of creeping featurism:

Behind Human Error: Taming Complexity to Improve Patient Safety (2008)

David D. Woods, Emily S. Patterson, Richard I. Cook

Throughout the patient safety movement, health care leaders have consistently referred to the potential value of human factors research on human performance and system failure (Leape et al., 1998;...

In Stress Workload and Fatigue. (2008)

David D. Woods, Emily S. Patterson

Each round of technological development promises to aid the people engaged in various fields of practice. After these promises result in the development of prototypes and fielded systems, those...

1. HOW TO MAKE AUTOMATED SYSTEMS TEAM PLAYERS (2008)

Klaus Christoffersen, David D. Woods

Interface (noun): an arbitrary line of demarcation set up in order to apportion the blame for malfunctions. (Kelly-Bootle, 1995, p. 101). HUMAN-AUTOMATION COOPERATION: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? Advances...

Klein Associates Inc. (2008)

Gary Klein, David D. Woods, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Robert R. Hoffman, Paul J. Feltovich

In this essay, we outline ten challenges for making automation components into effective “team players ” when they interact with people in significant ways. Our analysis is based on some of the...

mission control. Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Voice Loops as Coordination Aids in Space Shuttle Mission Control (2008)

Emily S. Patterson, Jennifer Watts-perotti, David D. Woods

Voice loops, an auditory groupware technology, are essential coordination support tools for experienced practitioners in domains such as air traffic management, aircraft carrier operations and space...

CRITIQUING AS A COGNITIVE TASK ANALYSIS (CTA) METHODOLOGY (2007)

Janet E. Miller, Emily S. Patterson, David D. Woods

Cognitive task analysis (CTA) methodologies are used to discover expertise that domain practitioners utilize in order to perform tasks, but are unable to reliably articulate when asked directly. We...

To appear in (2007)

Klaus Christoffersen, David D. Woods, E. Salas (ed

Interface (noun): an arbitrary line of demarcation set up in order to apportion the blame for malfunctions. (Kelly-Bootle, 1995, p. 101). Human-Automation Cooperation: What have we learned? Advances...

Envisioning Human-Robot Coordination in Future Operations (2004)

David D. Woods, James Tittle, Magnus Feil, Axel Roesler

Developers of autonomous capabilities underestimate the need for coordination with human team members when their automata are deployed into complex operational settings. Automata are brittle as...

Running Head: Common Ground Common Ground and Coordination in Joint Activity (2004)

Gary Klein, Paul J. Feltovich, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, David D. Woods, Common Ground P

Common Ground P. 2 Generalizing the concepts of joint activity developed by Clark (1996), we describe key aspects of team coordination. Joint activity depends on interpredictability of the...

Envisioning human-robot coordination in future operations (2004)

David D. Woods, James Tittle, Magnus Feil, Axel Roesler, I. Coordinating, ...

Abstract—Developers of autonomous capabilities underestimate the need for coordination with human team members when their automata are deployed into complex operational settings. Automata are...

Handoff strategies in settings with high consequences for failure: lessons for health care operations (2004)

Patterson, Emily S., Roth, Emilie M., Woods, David D., Chow, Renée, Gomes, José Orlando

Objective. To describe strategies employed during handoffs in four settings with high consequences for failure. Design. Analysis of observational data for evidence of use of 21 handoff strategies....

Mistaking Error (2003)

David D. Woods, Richard I. Cook

Throughout the brief history of the patient safety movement (Hatlie, 1996), stakeholder groups have asked the authors for definitions and taxonomies of human error grounded in science. The questions...

Can we ever escape from data overload? A cognitive systems diagnosis (2002)

David D. Woods, Emily S. Patterson, Emilie M. Roth, Klaus Christoffersen

Data overload is a generic and tremendously difficult problem. We examine three characterizations of the data overload problem and how they lead to different proposed solutions. The first...

Can We Ever Escape From Data Overload? (2002)

David D. Woods, Emily S. Patterson, Emilie M. Roth, Klaus Christoffersen

Data overload is a generic and tremendously difficult problem. We examine three different characterizations that have been offered to capture the nature of the data overload problem and how they lead...

Predicting vulnerabilities in computer-supported inferential analysis under data overload (2001)

Emily S. Patterson, Emilie M. Roth, David D. Woods

Data overload is a condition where a practitioner, supported by artifacts and other practitioners, finds it extremely challenging to focus in on, assemble, and synthesize the significant subset of...

Using cognitive task analysis (CTA) to seed design concepts for intelligence analysts under data overload (2001)

Emily S. Patterson, David D. Woods, Emilie M. Roth

This paper describes how a Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA) was used to jumpstart the exploration of useful design aids to combat data overload in intelligence analysis. During a simulated analysis...

New Arctic Air Crash Aftermath Role-Play Simulation:Orchestrating a Fundamental Surprise (2001)

Emily S. Patterson, David D. Woods, Richard I. Cook, Marta L. Render

We describe an aviation scenario-based role-play simulation used to teach healthcare practitioners about barriers to learning from accidents. Participants searched for the causes of the crash in a...

How Unexpected Events Produce An Escalation Of Cognitive And Coordinative Demands (2001)

David D. Woods, Emily S. Patterson

Each round of techonological development promises to aid the people engaged in various fields of practice. After these promises result in the development of prototypes and fielded systems, those...

ITU-T Recommendation Z.100: Languages for Telecommunications Applications - Specification and Description (2000)

Emily S. Patterson, David D. Woods

In domains such as nuclear power, industrial process control, and space shuttle mission control, there is increased interest in reducing personnel during nominal operations. An essential element in...

Voice loops as coordination aids in space shuttle mission control (1999)

Emily S. Patterson, Jennifer Watts-perotti, David D. Woods

Voice loops, an auditory groupware technology, are essential coordination support tools for experienced practitioners in domains such as air traffic management, aircraft carrier operations and space...

Can We Ever Escape from Data Overload? A Cognitive Systems Diagnosis (1998)

Woods, David D., Patterson, Emily S., Roth, Emilie M.

Data overload is a generic and tremendously difficult problem. In this report, we diagnose why this is the case and how intelligence analysis presents a particularly difficult version of data...

Gateway: Volume 4, Number 2 (1998)

Christensen, Julien M., Woods, David D., Galushka, Joe, Matson, David

This issue contains articles on the following subjects: (1) Forensic Human Factors Psychology- Part 1; (2) Clumsy Automation, Practitioner Tailoring, and System Disaster; (3) The U.S. Army Safety...

Aiding the Intelligence Analyst in Situations of Data Overload: A Simulation Study of Computer-Supported Inferential Analysis under Data Overload (1998)

Patterson, Emily S., Roth, Emilie M., Woods, David D.

A simulation study of inferential analysis was conducted with ten professional intelligence analysts. Using a process tracing methodology, patterns in vulnerabilities were identified when analysts...

Aiding the Intelligence Analyst: From Problem Definition to Design Concept Exploration (1998)

Patterson, Emily S., Woods, David D., Tinapple, David, Roth, Emilie M., Finley, John M., Kuperman, Gilbert G.

This report details a complete, beginning-to-end Cognitive Systems Engineering (CSE) project tackling the challenges of conducting intelligence analysis under the condition of data overload. We first...

The Development of a Computer-Aided Cognitive Systems Engineering Tool to Facilitate the Design of Advanced Decision Support Systems (1998)

Potter, Scott S., Elm, William C., Roth, Emilie M., Woods, David D.

The Computer-Assisted Cognitive Systems Engineering (CACSE) toolkit provides a methodology and associated software to facilitate the use of human factors/warfighter operational performance...

Designs are Hypotheses about How Artifacts Shape Cognition and Collaboration (1998)

David D. Woods

“It is,..., the fundamental principle of cognition that the universal can be perceived only in the particular, while the particular can be thought of only in reference to the universal ”...

Patterns in Cooperative Cognition (1998)

Emily S. Patterson, David D. Woods, Nadine B. Sarter, Jennifer Watts-perotti

In this paper, seven studies of cooperative cognition in complex operational settings conducted by members of the Cognitive Systems Engineering Laboratory (CSEL) are reviewed. These studies were...

Aiding The Intelligence Analyst In Situations Of Data Overload: A Simulation Study Of Computer-Supported Inferential Analysis Under Data Overload (1998)

Emily S. Patterson, Emilie M. Roth, David D. Woods

A simulation study of inferential analysis was conducted with ten professional intelligence analysts. Using a process tracing methodology, patterns in vulnerabilities were identified when analysts...

Can We Ever Escape From Data Overload? A Cognitive Systems Diagnosis (1998)

David D. Woods, Emily S. Patterson, Emilie M. Roth

Data overload is a generic and tremendously difficult problem. In this report, we diagnose why this is the case and how intelligence analysis presents a particularly difficult version of data...

Making Automation Activity Visible / (1996)

Woods, David D.

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio State University, 1996.

Voice loops as cooperative aids in space shuttle mission control (1996)

Jennifer C. Watts, David D. Woods, James M. Corban, Emily S. Patterson

In domains like air traffic management, aircraft carrier operations, and space mission control, practitioners coordinate their activities through voice loops that allow communication among groups of...