Data-Driven Modeling of Target Human Behavior in Military Operations

Abstract

This paper describes the Army-funded exploratory work in progress at the Target Behavioral Response Laboratory. The final objective of the project is to develop data-based general approaches to modeling and simulation of human behavior and quantitative methods of verification and validation. Crowd behavior data were collected under controlled laboratory conditions. Mathematical models of human behavior were derived which were then coded into computational models to produce predicted paths. These processes allow visual comparisons between outputs from simulations and behavioral data collected in the laboratory from human subjects. The results of these preliminary efforts will initiate further work in the methods of incorporating human behavioral data into models and validation procedures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 12, 2014
Accession Number
ADA616306

Entities

People

  • Charles Sheridan
  • Elizabeth Sibolboro Mezzacappa
  • Gladstone V. Reid
  • Gordon Cooke
  • John Riedener
  • Robert M. DeMarco

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Simulations
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Simulations
  • Human Behavior
  • Mathematical Models
  • Military Operations
  • Models
  • Motion Capture
  • Network Science
  • Nonlethal Weapons
  • Operations Research
  • Simulations
  • Social Psychology
  • Software Development
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Validation
  • Verification

Fields of Study

  • Biology

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