Capturing Behavioral Influences in Synthetic C2: What We've Learned So Far and Where We Need to Go
August 2002
Charles D. Bowen, The MITRE Corporation
Ronald G. Couture, The MITRE Corporation
R. Douglas Flournoy, The MITRE Corporation
Eric M. Forbell, The MITRE Corporation
C. Donald Means, The MITRE Corporation
ABSTRACT
The MITRE Corporation in Bedford, MA, is executing a small research project
entitled "Capturing Behavioral Influences in Synthetic C2." This project
is being sponsored by the Air Force Electronic Systems Center (ESC)
and began in November of 2001. At the previous SIW we presented the
project plan. This paper presents initial findings from the project
based on preliminary prototyping efforts and a review of related work
in the community.
We originally set out to "start simple" by modeling a single C2 operator in the Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) mission area; however, we found it both undesirable and infeasible to single out a single operator since C2 at its core is collaborative teamwork. C2 modeling efforts need to focus on team or unit-level models. To make better use of limited available behavior data, C2 behavior modeling efforts must expand on existing information processing models and address specific taxonomies of C2 user tasks. Hybrid models may be necessary to bring the best of multiple modeling approaches to bear on the complex nature of C2 team/unit modeling. Guidelines are needed to (1) better define appropriate levels of detail/investment in, and (2) provide validation approaches for, behavior modeling across the different C2 application areas. Finally, in efforts to interface interactive human behavior models with battle simulations, it is necessary to understand and refine the "hooks" that enable the behavior models to appropriately impact the simulated battle.
Additional Search Keywords
Human Behavior Modeling, C2, Joint STARS, Simulation Based Acquisition
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