Modelling temporal aspects of situation awareness

Abstract

Computational models of situation awareness can be of interest for different purposes, varying from the study of human cognition in demanding circumstances to the development of human-like virtual opponents in serious gaming applications. This paper presents a novel model of situation awareness, which extends previous work at a number of points. In particular, the model incorporates qualitative time references, offers the possibility to use Allen [1]’s temporal relations, and features an explicit representation of Endsley [4]’s three phases of situation awareness. The behaviour of the model has been tested within a simulation environment for F-16 pilots, and the resulting behaviour has been found satisfactory using a formal verification tool.