TY - JOUR
T1 - Immersive simulated learning environments for researching critical incidents
T2 - A knowledge synthesis of the literature and experiences of studying high-risk strategic decision making
AU - Alison, Laurence
AU - Van Den Heuvel, Claudia
AU - Waring, Sara
AU - Power, Nicola
AU - Long, Amy
AU - O'Hara, Terence
AU - Crego, Jonathan
PY - 2013/9/1
Y1 - 2013/9/1
N2 - This article provides an integration and synthesis of the strengths and weaknesses of utilizing simulation-based training environments for research. It provides information for researchers interested in exploring complex, dynamic, and high-stakes decision making in critical incidents. The article proposes that immersive simulated learning environments (ISLEs) are an effective naturalistic decision making tool for examining strategic and tactical multiteam decision making. Specifically, they are useful for researching environments whereby decision characteristics of anticipation, preparation, mitigation, adaptation, and coping are treated as interconnected elements. The article presents the simulation tool Hydra as an example of an ISLE by describing a worked example known as Operation Pandora. It demonstrates how the use of ISLEs can assist research on expert, high-stakes, and high-consequence critical incident decisions.
AB - This article provides an integration and synthesis of the strengths and weaknesses of utilizing simulation-based training environments for research. It provides information for researchers interested in exploring complex, dynamic, and high-stakes decision making in critical incidents. The article proposes that immersive simulated learning environments (ISLEs) are an effective naturalistic decision making tool for examining strategic and tactical multiteam decision making. Specifically, they are useful for researching environments whereby decision characteristics of anticipation, preparation, mitigation, adaptation, and coping are treated as interconnected elements. The article presents the simulation tool Hydra as an example of an ISLE by describing a worked example known as Operation Pandora. It demonstrates how the use of ISLEs can assist research on expert, high-stakes, and high-consequence critical incident decisions.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84883388924&partnerID=MN8TOARS
U2 - 10.1177/1555343412468113
DO - 10.1177/1555343412468113
M3 - Article
VL - 7
SP - 255
EP - 272
JO - Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
JF - Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
IS - 3
ER -