Simulating Civilians for Military Training: A Canadian Perspective

Abstract

The contemporary operations environment involves constant contact between military units and local populations. It is therefore necessary that the human terrain be properly represented in the synthetic environments used for military training and experimentation. This paper presents the results of two knowledge elicitation activities. The first was conducted with Canadian Army training experts to assess which features would be desirable in a tool to simulate civilian patterns of life . The second activity was conducted with military personnel who were deployed in different operations around the globe, in order to document their observations of civilian activity in different areas of the world.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA580675

Entities

People

  • Francois Cazzolato
  • Jerome Levesque
  • Robin Harrap

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Civilian Population
  • Combat Simulations
  • Computer Science
  • Doctrine
  • Human Behavior
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Training
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Standards
  • Training
  • Urban Areas
  • User Interface
  • War Games

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Care for Military Service Members and Veterans with Limb Loss or Disability.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.