Human-Systems Publications Relate Field Studies to Technology and Mission Operations Design

Comprehensive technical articles have recently appeared on field studies and analyses by members of the Work Systems Design and Evaluation Group in the NASA Ames Intelligent Systems Division.

William Clancey's articles describe systematic ethnographic studies in planetary analog settings, with metrics for human-system interactions that inform the design of technology and operations. Book chapters co-authored by Clancey and Maarten Sierhuis (RIACS) with Hirsh (NASA JSC) and Shum (Knowledge Media Institute, Open University , United Kingdom ) describe robotic and collaborative systems for surface extra-vehicular activities (EVAs) field tested at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah . Charlotte Linde reports on knowledge management issues in the Mars Exploration Rover mission.

• Clancey, W. J. 2006. Observations of work practices in natural settings. In A. Ericsson, N. Charness, P. Feltovich and R. Hoffman (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook on Expertise and Expert Performance . New York : Cambridge University Press, pp. 127-145.
• Clancey, W. J., Lee, P., Cockell, C., Braham, S., & Shafto, M. 2006. To the north coast of Devon : Collaborative navigation while exploring unfamiliar terrain. In J. Clarke (Ed.) Mars Analog Research . American Astronautical Society Science and Technology Series, Vol. 111. San Diego : Univelt, pp. 197-226.
• Clancey, W. J. 2006. Participant observation of a Mars surface habitat mission simulation. Habitation: An International Journal for Human Support Research 11, 1-21.
• Hirsh, R., Graham, J., Tyree, K., Sierhuis, M., & Clancey, W. J. 2006. Intelligence for human-robotic planetary surface robots. In A. M. Howard and E. W. Tunstel (Eds.), Intelligence for Space Robotics. Albuquerque : TSI Press.
• Linde, C. 2006. Learning from the Mars rover mission: Scientific discovery, learning and memory, Journal of Knowledge Manageme nt, Special Issue on Space Knowledge Management, 10 (2), 90 - 102.
• Shum, S. J. B., Selvin, A. M., Sierhuis, M., Conklin, J., Haley, C. B., & Nuseibeh, B. 2006. Hypermedia support for argumentation-based rationale: 15 Years on from gIBIS and QOC. In R. M. Allen H. Dutoit, Ivan Mistrik, and Barbara Paech (Eds.), Rationale Management in Software Engineering : Springer-Verlag.

PROGRAM FUNDING : This research was funded in part by a NASA Research Announcement (NRA), “Intelligent Systems” and the Exploration Technology Development Program (ETDP) within NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD): Program 12B, “Human System Interaction” and ESAS 6E, “Spacecraft and Vehicle Autonomy.”

POC : William.J.Clancey@NASA.gov, Charlotte.Linde@nasa.gov, Maarten.Sierhuis-1@nasa.gov