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Recognizing team context during simulated missions

Authors:

Steven Poltrock,

Mark J. Handel,

Stephen R. Poteet,

Paul MurrayAuthors Info & Claims

CSCW '12: Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Pages 197 - 206

https://doi.org/10.1145/2145204.2145235

Published: 11 February 2012 Publication History

Abstract

We investigated ways to automatically analyze movement and verbal behavior of teams of soldiers engaged in simulated military missions. Analysis of location data revealed that soldiers' locations were consistent with 3 stationary patterns and 2 movement patterns. Analysis of their dialogue detected statistical regularities. An automated text classifier was developed that employed these regularities to code dialogue utterances. These analyses demonstrate the feasibility of interpreting collaborative activity automatically and constructing models of team context for teams of soldiers engaged in trained activities.

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Index Terms

Recognizing team context during simulated missions
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
    1. Collaborative and social computing theory, concepts and paradigms
      1. Computer supported cooperative work
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing and business
      1. Computer supported cooperative work

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CSCW '12: Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

February 2012

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ISBN:9781450310864

DOI:10.1145/2145204

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Boeing Research & Technology
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Microsoft Research
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University of California, Irvine
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Jones RBeach MMcClure Haughey MSutherland WLee C(2021)Construction of Shared Situational Awareness in Traffic ManagementProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/34491285:CSCW1(1-27)Online publication date: 22-Apr-2021
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