Situation views: getting started handling anomalies

Event-oriented recognition and display software has been developed to assist human supervisors of automated control systems in maintaining situation awareness and getting started handling anomalies in those systems. The recognition software encapsulates data sets describing related events (i.e., a situation), for review by the human supervisor. The display software supports quick overviews plus details on demand, as well as reminding the operator of definitions for the events in the situation and the expected values of associated parameters. This work is part of a larger effort at Johnson Space Center to develop intelligent aids for use by crew and flight controllers during mission operations.