Reduced processing decision support for competent firefighters
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Paper/Presentation Title | Reduced processing decision support for competent firefighters |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Perry, Nathan (Author), Wiggins, Mark (Author), Childs, Merilyn (Author) and Fogarty, Gerard (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (HFES 2009) |
Journal Citation | 53 (4), pp. 379-383 |
Number of Pages | 5 |
Year | 2009 |
Place of Publication | London, United Kingdom |
ISBN | 9781615676231 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/154193120905300445 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://pro.sagepub.com/content/53/4/379.full.pdf+html |
Conference/Event | HFES 2009: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting |
Event Details | HFES 2009: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting Event Date 19 to end of 23 Oct 2009 Event Location San Antonio, United States |
Abstract | Decision support systems have been proposed as a means of extending the information processing capabilities of less experienced operators by reducing the amount of information to be processed at a given point in time. Conducted in a firefighting context, the current study examined whether the decision-making performance of inexperienced Incident Commanders could be improved with the use of three decision support systems that differed in their demands for information processing. Although the results revealed that the implementation of a reduced processing strategy was associated with a reduction in decision time, the decision accuracy of the inexperienced Incident Commanders did not approach the decision accuracy of the experienced Incident Commanders. The evidence suggests that experienced Incident Commanders were acquiring features that were more relevant to the decision-task. These results highlight some of the limitations to the implementation of decision support systems. Mechanisms may be needed to ensure that less experienced operators are processing relevant information when using reduced processing interfaces. |
Keywords | decision time; incident commander; information processing capability; decision support systems; decision theory; ergonomics; fire extinguishers |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 460902. Decision support and group support systems |
520402. Decision making | |
500303. Decision theory | |
Byline Affiliations | University of Western Sydney |
Macquarie University | |
Charles Sturt University | |
Department of Psychology | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0zyx/reduced-processing-decision-support-for-competent-firefighters
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