@article{0aff0290bdec4201831b0b7e12af602d,
title = "Measuring patterns in team interaction sequences using a discrete recurrence approach",
abstract = "Objective: Recurrence-based measures of communication determinism and pattern information are described and validated using previously collected team interaction data. Background: Team coordination dynamics has revealed that {"}mixing{"} team membership can lead to flexible interaction processes, but keeping a team {"}intact{"} can lead to rigid interaction processes. We hypothesized that communication of intact teams would have greater determinism and higher pattern information compared to that of mixed teams. Method: Determinism and pattern information were measured from three-person Uninhabited Air Vehicle team communication sequences over a series of 40-minute missions. Because team members communicated using push-to-talk buttons, communication sequences were automatically generated during each mission. Results: The Composition Mission determinism effect was significant. Intact teams determinism increased over missions, whereas mixed teams determinism did not change. Intact teams had significantly higher maximum pattern information than mixed teams. Conclusion: Results from these new communication analysis methods converge with content-based methods and support our hypotheses. Application: Because they are not content based, and because they are automatic and fast, these new methods may be amenable to real-time communication pattern analysis.",
keywords = "communication analysis, interaction analysis, pattern analysis, recurrence analysis, teamwork",
author = "Gorman, {Jamie C.} and Nancy Cooke and Polemnia Amazeen and Shannon Fouse",
note = "Funding Information: The calculation of the denominator in Equation 3 can be understood as follows: Consider a short sequence x of length N = 6 and a pattern of length L = 3. That pattern could occur at each of the following positions of x : [1,2,3]; [2,3,4]; [3,4,5]; and [4,5,6]. Hence, there would be a maximum of N – L + 1 = 6 – 3 + 1 = 4 locations where the pattern could occur within the sequence x . Note that if N = L , and if each code in the pattern matches the sequence, then p (pattern) must equal one; however, if the pattern does not occur in the sequence, then p (pattern) must equal zero. This article uses unpublished data from a previously published experiment ( Gorman, Amazeen, et al., 2010 ; Gorman & Cooke, 2011 ; Gorman et al., 2006 ) for the purpose of demonstrating a team communication analysis approach. None of the results reported here overlap with any prior publication. The original experiment was funded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research grant FA9550-04-1-0234 and Air Force Research Laboratory grant FA8650-04-6442. Jamie C. Gorman received his PhD in cognitive psychology from New Mexico State University in 2006 and is an assistant professor in psychology at Texas Tech University. Nancy J. Cooke received her PhD in cognitive psychology from New Mexico State University in 1987 and is a professor in cognitive science and engineering at Arizona State University and science director of the Cognitive Engineering Research Institute. Polemnia G. Amazeen received her PhD in experimental psychology from the University of Connecticut in 1996 and is an associate professor in psychology at Arizona State University and a faculty research associate at the Cognitive Engineering Research Institute. Shannon Fouse received her BA in cognitive science from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008 and is an MA student in applied psychology at Arizona State University and a graduate research assistant at the Cognitive Engineering Research Institute. ",
year = "2012",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1177/0018720811426140",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "54",
pages = "503--517",
journal = "Human Factors",
issn = "0018-7208",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "4",
}