This book presents an exhaustive review and evaluation of contemporary theoretical perspectives on SA and of a range of SA measurement approaches. A novel theory of DSA in complex sociotechnical systems is presented, followed by an original methodology for assessing SA and DSA in command and control environments. It contains several naturalistic case studies of command and control scenarios undertaken in numerous military domains, as well as one involving multiple high-consequence civilian domains.

Contents: Introduction; What is really going on? Situation awareness literature review; How do we know what they know? Situation awareness measurement methods review; Distributed situation awareness: a new view on situation awareness in collaborative environments and its measurement; Distributed situation awareness in the real world: a case study in the energy distribution domain; Distributed situation awareness and network enabled capability systems: multinational experiment 4; Out with the old and in with the new: a comparison of distributed situation awareness using analogue and digital mission planning systems; Is it really better to share? Analysis of a new digital mission support system and implications for system design; A model of distributed awareness in complex collaborative environments; Conclusions for distributed situation awareness theory, measurement and teamwork; References; Index.