Many complex systems in civil and military operations are highly automated with the intention of supporting human performance in difficult cognitive tasks involving information processing. The complex systems can involve teams or individuals working on real-time tasks where a number of constraints must be satisfied. Decision Making in Complex Environments addresses the role of the human, the technology and the processes in complex socio-technical and technological systems.

Dr Malcolm Cook is Senior Lecturer in Military & Aerospace Human Factors, University of Abertay Dundee, UK. Dr Jan Noyes is Professor in Human Factors Psychology at the University of Bristol, UK. Dr Yvonne Masakowski is a Human Factors Engineering Psychologist at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Rhode Island, USA.

List of Figures, List of Tables, List of Contributors, Foreword, Part 1: Characteristics of Complex Decision Making, Part 2: Areas of Application, Part 3: Complex Decision Making in Civil Applications, Part 4: Complex Decision Making in Military Applications, Part 5: Teams and Complex Decision Making, Part 6: Assessment and Measurement, Part 7: A Final Comment, Index