PUBLICATIONS

Since 2008, the OA team has authored more than two dozen publications on topics spanning OA theory and principles, experimental research, and applications to real-world problems.

Download six OA research highlights:

Klein, G. L., Drury, J. L., & Pfaff, M. S. (2011). Providing an option awareness basis for naturalistic decision making. Cognitive Technology, 16(2), 10-19.
Drury, J. L., Klein, G. L., Booker, L., Ryall, K., & Dubrow, S. (2022). Reimagining situation awareness and option awareness for human-machine teaming. 2022 IEEE Conference on Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Situation Management (CogSIMA), 9–15.
Pfaff, M. S., Drury, J. L., & Klein, G. L. (2015). Crowdsourcing mental models using DESIM (Descriptive to Executable Simulation Modeling). Paper presented at the Naturalistic Decision Making Conference, McLean, VA.
Pfaff, M. S., Darling, E., Drury, J. L., & Klein, G. L. (2014). Patient empowerment with shared decision spaces. In Procedia Technology: HCIST 2014 – International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies (Vol. 16, pp. 1477-1486).
Drury, J. L., Pfaff, M. S., Klein, G. L., & Liu, Y. (2013). Decision space visualization: Lessons learned and design principles. In M. Kurosu (Ed.), Proceedings of the 15th HCI International 2013, Part IV (Vol. 8007, pp. 658-667). Berlin: Springer.
Drury, J. L., Klein, G. L., Musman, S., Liu, Y., & Pfaff, M. S. (2012). Requirements for data mining the decision space. Paper presented at the 17th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS), Fairfax, VA.

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Principles of OA and Decision Space Visualization

Theoretical Underpinnings:

Drury, J. L., Klein, G. L., Booker, L., Ryall, K., & Dubrow, S. (2022). Reimagining situation awareness and option awareness for human-machine teaming. 2022 IEEE Conference on Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Situation Management (CogSIMA), 9–15.
Pfaff, M. S., Klein, G. L., Drury, J. L., Moon, S. P., Liu, Y., & Entezari, S. O. (2013). Supporting complex decision making through option awareness. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, 7(2), 155-178.
Klein, G. L., Bonaceto, C. A., Dingwall, A. A., Drury, J. L., & Pfaff, M. S. (2013). Evaluative feedback spaces for cultural mental models. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM). Marseille, France: Arpege Science Publishing.
Klein, G. L., Drury, J. L., & Pfaff, M. S. (2011). COAction: Collaborative option awareness impact on collaborative decision making. 2011 IEEE International Multi-Disciplinary Conference on Cognitive Methods in Situation Awareness and Decision Support, CogSIMA 2011, 171-174.
Klein, G. L., Drury, J. L., & Pfaff, M. S. (2011). Providing an option awareness basis for naturalistic decision making. Cognitive Technology, 16(2), 10-19.

Descriptive to Executable Simulation Modeling (DESIM):

Pfaff, M. S., Klein, G. L., & Egeth, J. D. (2017). Characterizing crowdsourced data collected using DESIM (Descriptive to Executable Simulation Modeling). Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 61(1), 178-182.
Pfaff, M. S., Drury, J. L., Klein, G. L., & Boston-Clay, C. (2016). Modeling knowledge using a crowd of experts. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 60(1), 183-187.
Pfaff, M. S., Drury, J. L., & Klein, G. L. (2015). Crowdsourcing mental models using DESIM (Descriptive to Executable Simulation Modeling). Paper presented at the Naturalistic Decision Making Conference, McLean, VA.

Modeling Approaches:

Comfort, L. K., Colella, B., Voortman, M., Connelly, S., Wukich, C., Drury, J. L., & Klein, G. L. (2013). Real-time decision making in urgent events: Modeling options for action. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM). Baden-Baden, Germany.
Mathieu, J., Pfaff, M. S., Drury, J. L., & Klein, G. L. (2010). Tactical robust decision making methodology: Effect of disease spread model fidelity on option awareness. In 7th International Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2010). Seattle, WA.
Klein, G. L., Pfaff, Drury, J. L., M. S., Mathieu, J., & More, L. D. (2009, June). Modeling as an aid to robust tactical decision making. Paper presented at the 14th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS), Washington, D.C.
Klein, G. L., Pfaff, M. S., & Drury, J. L. (2009). Supporting a robust decision space. AAAI Spring Symposium – Technical Report, SS-09-09, 66-71.

Decision Space Visualization Techniques:

Drury, J. L., Pfaff, M. S., Klein, G. L., & Liu, Y. (2013). Decision space visualization: Lessons learned and design principles. In M. Kurosu (Ed.), Proceedings of the 15th HCI International 2013, Part IV (Vol. 8007, pp. 658-667). Berlin: Springer.
Drury, J. L., Klein, G. L., Musman, S., Liu, Y., & Pfaff, M. S. (2012). Requirements for data mining the decision space. Paper presented at the 17th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS), Fairfax, VA.

Experimental Research

Supporting Option Awareness with Decision Space Visualizations:

Pfaff, M. S., Drury, J. L., Klein, G. L., More, L. D., Moon, S. P., & Liu, Y. (2010). Weighing decisions: Aiding emergency response decision making via option awareness. IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, 251-257.
Pfaff, M. S., Drury, J. L., Klein, G. L., & More, L. D. (2010). Decision support for option awareness in complex emergency scenarios. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE), Miami, FL.
Drury, J. L., Pfaff, M. S., More, L. D., & Klein, G. L. (2009). A principled method of scenario design for testing emergency response decision making. In Proceedings of the 6th International Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2009), Göteborg, Sweden.
Drury, J. L., Klein, G. L., Pfaff, M. S., & More, L. D. (2009). Data visualizations for dynamic decision support. Paper presented at the Human Interaction with Intelligent and Networked Systems Workshop, Intelligent User Interfaces Conference (IUI 2009), Sanibel Island, FL.
Drury, J. L., Klein, G. L., Pfaff, M. S., & More, L. D. (2009). Dynamic decision support for emergency responders. In Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST ’09), 537-544.

Collaborative Option Awareness:

Drury, J. L., Klein, G. L., Mathieu, J., Liu, Y., & Pfaff, M. S. (2013). Sympathetic decisions: Incorporating impacts on others into emergency response decision spaces. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM). Baden-Baden, Germany.
Drury, J. L., Pfaff, M. S., Klein, G. L., & Entezari, S. O. (2012). Establishing collaborative option awareness during crisis management. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM). Vancouver, Canada.
Liu, Y., Moon, S. P., Pfaff, M. S., Drury, J. L., & Klein, G. L. (2011). Collaborative option awareness for emergency response decision making. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM). Lisbon, Portugal.
Klein, G. L., Drury, J. L., Pfaff, M. S., & More, L. D. (2010). COAction: Enabling collaborative option awareness. Paper presented at the 15th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS), Santa Monica, CA.

Applications to Real-World Problems

Drury, J. L., Klein, G. L., Pfaff, M. S., Bonaceto, C. (2016). A model of enterprise systems engineering contributions to acquisition success. International Journal of Complex Systems, 3(1), 67-78.
Pfaff, M. S. (2015). Identifying option awareness requirements for public health crisis decision making. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 59(1), 548-552.
Pfaff, M. S., Darling, E., Drury, J. L., & Klein, G. L. (2014). Patient empowerment with shared decision spaces. In Procedia Technology: HCIST 2014 – International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies (Vol. 16, pp. 1477-1486).

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