Optimization-Based Agent Simulations for Evaluating the SPEYES System

Abstract

This paper presents an optimization-based agent-driven Distributed Dynamic Decision-making (DDD) simulation model to evaluate the SPEYES (Security and Patrolling Enablers Yielding Effective SASO - Support and Stability Operations) system. The key challenge is to quantify the force multiplying effect of SPEYES technologies, which span sensing, situation awareness/command and control (SA/C2), and shaping components. The performance improvements were measured in terms of timeliness, effectiveness, and efficiency of operations. The behaviors of optimization-based agents were first calibrated to those of human-in-the-loop simulations. The agent-driven simulation results indicated that integration of SPEYES sensing, SA/C2, and shaping technologies provided significant performance improvements to the force across all measures. Even at 50%-reduced force, the SPEYES system maintained significant performance improvements over regular operations with a full force and without SPEYES, thus confirming the force multiplier effect of SPEYES technologies. The findings are confirmed by human-in-the-loop simulations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA464130

Entities

People

  • Candra Meirina
  • David Lee Kleinman
  • Feili Yu
  • Georgiy M. Levchuk
  • Krishna R. Pattipati
  • Robert L. Popp
  • Sui Ruan

Organizations

  • University of Connecticut

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Command And Control
  • Detection
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Explosive Devices
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Situational Awareness
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Urban Areas

Readers

  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control