Cognitive-level support for improvisation in emergency response

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Abstract

Improvisation-serial and purposeful creativity, exercised under time constraint-is an intensely cognitive endeavor. Accordingly, supporting improvisation requires an understanding of the underlying cognitive processes and an identification of opportunities for support. This paper reports on the development of cognitively-grounded computer-based support for improvisation in a simulated emergency response situation. The application is a computational model which attends to traces of group decision processes, analyzes them, and attempts to achieve fit between its own intentions and those of the group. The current architecture and functioning of the model are discussed, along with an overview of the simulation platform. Current and future workin the areas of model validation and evaluation is described. The results of this work strongly suggest that model-based support for improvisation is possible, but that for the time being will be restricted to synthetic situations, of the kind often used in training exercises.

Identifier

84905672278 (Scopus)

ISBN

[9789054874171]

Publication Title

Intelligent Human Computer Systems for Crisis Response and Management Iscram 2007 Academic Proceedings Papers

First Page

489

Last Page

496

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