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  The Joint Simulation System (JSIMS) is the Department of DefenseAs (DoD) next-generation large-scale constructive wargaming system. It will offer an integrated environment for joint service training. While advances in technology have proceeded at a headlong pace, few efforts have targeted how best to apply these advances to a training environment. MITRE is expanding work in learning technologies with the JSIMS Learning Methodologies Working Group (LMWG). The LMWG task is to ensure that JSIMS takes advantage of existing and advancing learning-methodology techniques. One of the LMWGAs fundamental challenges has been how to integrate learning methodologies with JSIMSA mature development process without significantly affecting the development costs and schedules. There are 31 Functional Capabilities that describe the sets of training audiences JSIMS must support. These range from training Joint Task Force commanders to training battalion level staff. Because of the broad range of support requirements, JSIMS will be a significant advance in modeling and simulation technology, providing a broad range of resolution, fidelity, and abstraction depending on its specific use.
MITRE has been involved with two applications of learning methodology approaches: MITRE proposed and assisted the JSIMS Air & Space development contractor in executing a learning-methods approach (Figure 1) to determine which of the many USAF C4I systems need to be integrated into JSIMS training. This work highlighted the importance of developing training system requirements based on the needs of the training audience. A complete analysis of those needs requires a determination of the target skills to be trained, and a specification of how skills performance will be measured. Another high-impact learning-methodologies effort is beginning within the JSIMS enterprise. This effort proposes adopting a set of system level use cases (SLUCs) within the JSIMS object-oriented process. These use cases are conceptually similar to those as defined by standard object-oriented design techniques using an actor" performing an action" with a subject" construct. As the SLUCs are developed and matured, they will supply a systematic method for developing two other important aspects of the JSIMS learning system: an event-control abstract model and an operational abstract model. Event control is the entity within an exercise that provides the control and data gathering duties during a JSIMS event much like a teacher in a classroom, while the operational abstract model is conceptually similar to a game board" and rules" for playing the game." Abstract descriptions of these must be constructed to assist the software developers in understanding what they are modeling. The application of the Learning Methodologies combined with the use of SLUCs is providing an enhanced system vision for JSIMS. A hierarchical connection of system use cases will help give developers, users, and testers a much needed system view of JSIMS. Integration of learning-methodologies techniques into the JSIMS enterprise is crucial to ensure it develops a training system best suited to support the diversified training audience. The use of SLUCs is an important component providing a formal process for learning methodologies to help the JSIMS development process. For more about JSIMS learning, see Applying Learning Methodologies to JSIMS Development. For more information, please contact Robert Bolling using the employee directory. |
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