Intelligent Tools and Instructional Simulations

Abstract

This intelligent tools and instructional simulations project was an investigation into the utility of a knowledge-based performance support system to support learning and on-task performance for using desktop applications. The Desktop Associate is a multiagent system that couples a pedagogical agent with a monitoring agent to help users with desktop applications such as spreadsheet programs, word processors, and Internet browsers. It is intented to carry out common business tasks such as evaluating loans, creating a corporate newsletter, or downloading Internet software. The Desktop Associate implementation described in this report is a proof-of-concept design and development effort. It has not been formally tested but encouraging results were received from an early evaluation of the design, development tasks, and its potential capabilities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA482686

Entities

People

  • Michael Belleville
  • Michelle Sams
  • William R. Murray

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Knowledge Based Systems
  • Military Research
  • Monitoring
  • Multiagent Systems
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Simulations
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Web Browsers
  • Word Processors

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.