Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military research
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Technical Report
Author: Assessing Decision-making Skills in Virtual Environments
Author: Michael T. GatelyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Computer simulation
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
"Members of small dismounted units will face growing responsibilities and increasing challenges in combined arms combat and contingency operations on the battlefield of the future. Many of these missions will take place in urban settings. Training for military operations on urbanized terrain is limited by time, cost, and safety factors. Virtual environment technologies have the potential to provide the Army with a training capability to meet these new demands. An automated training and after action review support tool (Virtual Soldier Skills Assessor - ViSSA) is described. The ViSSA system will allow trainers to effectively assess soldier and small unit leader tactical and decision-making skills in virtual urban environments. The system tracks mission-related factors linked to soldier decisions, movements, fire, radio, traffic, and contact with virtual entities and trigger lines under an intricate web of overlays designed to capture and store these specific pieces of data during a training scenario. The system provides automated output displays for an effective after-action review following the virtual exercise."--DTIC.
Research Report
Author: Virtual Environments for Infantry Soldiers
Author: Charlotte H. CampbellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military education
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
"This report describes the work on a Science and Technology Objective (STO) entitled Virtual Environments for Dismounted Soldier Simulation, Training and Mission Rehearsal. The four-year (Fiscal Year FY 99-FY 02) STO effort was proposed to address a range of U.S. Army future operational capabilities described in U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Pamphlet 525-66 (U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 1997). The STO activities and goals were focused on overcoming critical technological challenges that prevented effective Infantry Soldier simulation. The U. S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) led a team of both government and industry developers in examining simulation capabilities for industry. The other government partners vent the U.S. Army Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM) and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory Human Research and Engineering Directorate (ARL-HRED) and Computational and information Sciences Directorate (ARL-ClSD). Each of the major players had a particular area of interest but all worked together to explore concepts and systems and to recommend directions for further work on training, concept development, and mission rehearsal."--DTIC.
List of U.S. Army Research Institute Research and Technical Publications
Author: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social SciencesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military research
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Training and Assessment of Decision-making Skills in Virtual Environments
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Category : Command of troops
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
"This report describes a preliminary research effort to: (1) determine the effectiveness of using a virtual environment to train real world decision- making skills; (2) examine the feasibility of using a virtual environment as a test bed for developing situation awareness (SA) measurement instruments and; (3) empirically assess the role of SA in decision-making in simulated dismounted infantry environments. Seven experienced and seven inexperienced officers, role- playing a dismounted infantry platoon leader, individually conducted four urban operation scenarios (missions) in a virtual environment setting. Decision-making capability and SA were assessed for each mission. Objective decision-point accuracy improved significantly over missions. Level of experience did not impact the rate of learning. Experience did play a significant role in SA assessments. Selected SA measures also predicted a significant portion of the variance in objective decision-point scores. The research showed that real world decision-making skills could be trained using virtual environment technologies. To insure maximum benefit, virtual training must be combined with the appropriate field experience and mentoring. Conducting research in a controlled virtual environment setting permitted closer empirical scrutiny of the linkage between decision-making and SA in dismounted infantry operations and suggested new directions for further work in these areas."--DTIC.
Technology-Enhanced Assessment of Talent
Author: Nancy T. TippinsPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118028511
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
"This volume provides anyone using technology-enhanced assessments as part of organizational selection, promotion, or development programs, or considering their use, with both cutting-edge discussions of critical measurement issues and detailed examples of ongoing HR systems that highlight the opportunities and challenges of such assessments." James L. Farr, professor, Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University "Assessment systems provide an efficient means to evaluate and deploy talent across our global business. Technology-Enhanced Assessment of Talent highlights the science behind these technologies, as well as cutting-edge solutions shown to be effective in running the talent side of business." David A. Rodriguez, Ph.D., executive vice president, Global Human Resources, Marriott International, Inc. The Jossey-Bass SIOP Professional Practice Series was launched in 1988 to provide I-O psychologists, organizational scientists and practitioners, human resources professionals, managers, executives and those interested in organizational behavior and performance with volumes that are insightful, current, informative and relevant to organizational practice. The volumes seek to inform those interested in practice with guidance, insights and advice on how to apply the concepts, findings, methods, and tools derived from industrial and organizational psychology to solve human-related organizational problems.
Team Situational Awareness Training in Virtual Environments
Author: Asymmetric Attention
Author: Christopher L. VowelsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asymmetric warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
This report attempts to fuse Army needs, specific to threat detection, with available evidence from academia and military sources. The report provides viable routes for short-term enhancement of threat detection training and long-term goals of a research program dedicated to improving the Army's understanding of threat detection. This review found two major avenues of research, visual attention and visual memory that would benefit research and understanding of attention and threat detection for current and future operational environments. Based on the review, at least three sequential skills are discussed as necessary for understanding and improving threat detection: attentiveness, recognition, and action. These skills orient and guide the Soldier in operational settings from the basic perceptual process at the attentiveness stage up through higher-order reasoning at the action stage. Training formats are explored including still images and high-fidelity simulations, all of which could be scaffolded upon a deliberate practice framework.
An Assessment of the Virtual-Integrated MOUT Training System (V-IMTS)
Author: Bruce W. KnerrPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military education
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
This report describes an assessment of the Virtual Integrated Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) Training System (V-IMTS). V-IMTS was a short-term project to speed the transition to field use of virtual simulation technology that specifically considered the integration of live and virtual training. A deployable shelter containing simulators for an Infantry squad was installed at a live MOUT site. Twenty-seven Soldiers from three squads completed two live scenarios separated by two, three, or six virtual scenarios. They then completed questionnaires to indicate how well they could perform combat activities in the simulators, and the extent of their skill improvement. Higher rated activities included outdoor movement, identification of types of people and tactically significant areas, and individual weapons use. Lower rated activities included maneuver indoors and identifying the source and type of fire. The Soldiers and their platoon leadership believed that they received effective training. Precision movement, capture and transmission of voice communications, and representation of battlefield sounds were identified as the highest priority items for improvement. It was concluded that virtual simulation technology can provide additional practice in urban operations to supplement the use of a live MOUT site. It appears to be best suited for training mission planning, situation assessment, and communication and coordination.