The Virtual Observer/Controller (VOC): Automated Intelligent Coaching in Dismounted Warrior Simulations
Abstract
This report describes the efforts and results of examining the feasibility of creating a Virtual Observer/Controller (VOC) to observe and critique Soldiers' performance as they are engaged in simulated small-unit, dismounted infantry training using the Soldier Visualization System (SVS) at Fort Benning, Georgia. The successful integration of these two technologies will mean that the training value of the simulation-based exercises will not be completely dependent on the military expertise of a human observer/controller. Investigating the development of the VOC required several major efforts: (a) identifying the Soldier behaviors that merit performance evaluations; (b) developing situation triggers in the context of a training scenario that stimulate the Soldier behaviors we wish to observe and to evaluate; (c) determining how to detect those behaviors in an automated fashion, and; (d) developing instructional strategies that can adequately respond to both individual actions and small-unit collective behaviors.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA429445
Entities
People
- Brian Plamondon
- David B. Troillet
- H. G. Banta
- Neil T. Heffernan
- Scott A. Beal