Modelling Public Security Operations: Evaluation of the Holistic Security Ecosystem (HSE) Proof-of-Concept

Abstract

More so than engineered systems, human factors, and specifically having humans-in-the-loop, can lead to unforeseen behaviours resulting in unexpected organizational failures. In the world of emergency response, these failures may be related not only to response activities, but also to information processing and sharing that consequently undermine the organizational ecosystems' situational awareness of unfolding events. The TIF project, Modelling Public Security Operations, has the goal of accounting for the human factor by more fully exploring its inherent complexity through experiments and simulations. This work reviews the development of a new capability in this area using computer simulation, as well as the lessons learned from this effort. It represents a detailed proof-of-concept into how human factors can be explored through multiagent systems. The modeling and simulation challenge remains that more research on human factors must be conducted, including work to support improved validation methods for computer human-factor models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA581945

Entities

People

  • Alexis Morris
  • Mihaela Ulieru
  • Paul Chouinard
  • William Ross

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agent-Based Simulations
  • Business Administration
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Commerce
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Emergency Response
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • Multiagent Systems
  • Organizational Structure
  • Psychology
  • Simulators
  • Software Testing
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Systems Analysis and Design