Dystopia: A Virtual Environment For Education, Training, and Exercises

Abstract

The growing complexity of security problems is challenging traditional paradigms for education and research. A key recognition for learning about how to manage this complexity is the importance of the context for the situations and the decisions that need to be made. This report describes a particular effort to develop a fictitious place called Dystopia used to create a realistic context for classroom discussions, tabletop exercises, simulation modeling, and other educational activities. We provide historical background on the motivation and genesis of Dystopia, along with details of its original implementation. Additionally, we describe more recent efforts to develop data for simulation of critical infrastructure systems within Dystopia, and we articulate several opportunities for the use of Dystopia in the future.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2019
Accession Number
AD1092392

Entities

People

  • David L. Alderson
  • Rudolph P. Darken

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Computer Science
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Disasters
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Homeland Security
  • Information Systems
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • Political Science
  • Public Administration
  • Public Policy
  • Recreation
  • Students
  • Transportation

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Analytical Mechanics
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Systems Analysis and Design