Journal of Cognitive Engineering & Decision Making

JCEDM Special Issue Call for Papers
By Rhona Flin & Laura G. Militello, Guest Editors

     Members and nonmembers are invited to submit papers for a special issue of the Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making (JCEDM) devoted to the general theme, "Twenty Years of NDM: A Review of the Foundations and Progress."

     The first naturalistic decision making (NDM) conference was held in 1989, bringing together a diverse set of researchers working on related problems. From that small group, the NDM community of practice has grown worldwide. Significant contributions include models that describe real-world decision making and specialized methods for studying decision making in real-world settings. NDM research has led to innovations in system, training, and organizational design across a range of domains, including firefighting, power plant control, piloting, and nursing.

     The occasion of two decades since the inception of NDM presents an opportunity to review the foundations, share retrospective perspectives, and offer articles that reflect progress in the field. We invite submissions dealing with any of these topics, including, but not limited to (a) review of the foundations of NDM, (b) retrospectives on NDM, (c) new or refined NDM models or methods, (d) critical analysis of NDM models and methods, (e) outcomes and applications of NDM research (i.e., innovative designs, improved understanding of phenomena, etc.), and (f) integrative writing highlighting links between NDM and other researcher communities. Together, the collection of papers included in this special issue should provide an in-depth look at the past, present, and future of NDM research.

     Manuscripts should be 25-30 double-spaced pages, and will be subject to the standard JCEDM review prior to acceptance. Submissions are due December 15, 2009. View the Instructions for Authors at http://www.hfes.org/web/PubPages/JCEDMauthorinfo.pdf. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically via http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcedm.

     Acceptance notifications will be sent by March 31, 2010, and publication is expected by late 2010 or early 2011. Please address questions to the Special Issue Guest Editors: Rhona Flin, University of Aberdeen, r.flin@abdn.ac.uk, or Laura Militello, University of Dayton Research Institute, laura.militello@udri.udayton.edu.

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