INTELLIGENT SUPPORT FOR ACTIVITY MANAGEMENT (ISAM) - AN ARCHITECTURE TO SUPPORT DISTRIBUTED SUPERVISORY CONTROL

Distributed supervisory control is the monitoring and control of compl ex, dynamic, highly automated systems by a team of human operators, As such, it is an example of a cooperative work environment, The goal of this paper is to analyze the nature of cooperative work in distribute d supervisory control environments and describe implications for compu ter support. In particular, we argue that flexible support for activit y management is a I;ey requirement for computer support for distribute d supervisory control, and me propose the Intelligent Support for Acti vity Management (ISAM) architecture as one infrastructure for doing so . The design and implementation of ISAM drama from previous work on in telligent operator's associate systems and computer-supported cooperat ive work (CSCW) systems, A graphical user interface to ISAM and an eva luation study of this system in the context of team supervisory contro l are also described.