Modeling Human and Organizational Behavior

Modeling Human and Organizational Behavior
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 433
Release: 1998-08-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309060966

Simulations are widely used in the military for training personnel, analyzing proposed equipment, and rehearsing missions, and these simulations need realistic models of human behavior. This book draws together a wide variety of theoretical and applied research in human behavior modeling that can be considered for use in those simulations. It covers behavior at the individual, unit, and command level. At the individual soldier level, the topics covered include attention, learning, memory, decisionmaking, perception, situation awareness, and planning. At the unit level, the focus is on command and control. The book provides short-, medium-, and long-term goals for research and development of more realistic models of human behavior.

A Review of Computer-Based Human Behavior Representations and Their Relation to Military Simulations

A Review of Computer-Based Human Behavior Representations and Their Relation to Military Simulations
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Release: 2003
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One of the goals of the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO) has been to promote the development and assessment of computational human behavior representations (HBRs) that potentially provide synthetic forces -- both Red and Blue -- for live, virtual, and constructive military simulations. This paper reviews the domain of HBRs that could be integrated into military simulations. The intent is to provide the modeling and simulation (M & S) community an understanding of specific HBR models and to identify specific interoperability problems. The study identified 19 different HBRs that have at least some applicability to military simulations. The following aspects of each model were reviewed: Model Purpose and History of Development, Principal Metaphors and Assumptions, Cognitive/Behavioral Functions Represented, Applications, Technical Considerations, and Evaluation. Each model was evaluated on whether it supported the following cognitive and behavioral functions: perception, learning, psychomotor performance, decision making, attention, problem solving, situation awareness, cognitive workload, short-term memory, emotional behavior, long-term memory, and social behavior. Analyses of these models suggested the following generalizations concerning the current state of the art in human behavior modeling: (1) decision making is a universal function of all models; (2) all models can represent some form of memory storage and retrieval functions; (3) both the "front-end" of cognition (perception and attention) and cognitive output (psychomotor action) are represented in most models; (4) because most models do not include learning functions, they may not react appropriately to novel situations; (5) the capability to emulate situational awareness is explicitly represented in only a few models; and (6) very few of the models have the capability to simulate emotional or social behaviors. (5 tables, 204 refs.).

Behavioral Modeling and Simulation

Behavioral Modeling and Simulation
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2008-07-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 030911862X

Today's military missions have shifted away from fighting nation states using conventional weapons toward combating insurgents and terrorist networks in a battlespace in which the attitudes and behaviors of civilian noncombatants may be the primary effects of military actions. To support these new missions, the military services are increasingly interested in using models of the behavior of humans, as individuals and in groups of various kinds and sizes. Behavioral Modeling and Simulation reviews relevant individual, organizational, and societal (IOS) modeling research programs, evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the programs and their methodologies, determines which have the greatest potential for military use, and provides guidance for the design of a research program to effectively foster the development of IOS models useful to the military. This book will be of interest to model developers, operational military users of the models and their managers, and government personnel making funding decisions regarding model development.

Human Behavior in Military Contexts

Human Behavior in Military Contexts
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2008-02-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0309112303

Human behavior forms the nucleus of military effectiveness. Humans operating in the complex military system must possess the knowledge, skills, abilities, aptitudes, and temperament to perform their roles effectively in a reliable and predictable manner, and effective military management requires understanding of how these qualities can be best provided and assessed. Scientific research in this area is critical to understanding leadership, training and other personnel issues, social interactions and organizational structures within the military. The U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) asked the National Research Council to provide an agenda for basic behavioral and social research focused on applications in both the short and long-term. The committee responded by recommending six areas of research on the basis of their relevance, potential impact, and timeliness for military needs: intercultural competence; teams in complex environments; technology-based training; nonverbal behavior; emotion; and behavioral neurophysiology. The committee suggests doubling the current budget for basic research for the behavioral and social sciences across U.S. military research agencies. The additional funds can support approximately 40 new projects per year across the committee's recommended research areas. Human Behavior in Military Contexts includes committee reports and papers that demonstrate areas of stimulating, ongoing research in the behavioral and social sciences that can enrich the military's ability to recruit, train, and enhance the performance of its personnel, both organizationally and in its many roles in other cultures.

Human Behavior in Military Contexts

Human Behavior in Military Contexts
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2008-01-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0309185890

Human behavior forms the nucleus of military effectiveness. Humans operating in the complex military system must possess the knowledge, skills, abilities, aptitudes, and temperament to perform their roles effectively in a reliable and predictable manner, and effective military management requires understanding of how these qualities can be best provided and assessed. Scientific research in this area is critical to understanding leadership, training and other personnel issues, social interactions and organizational structures within the military. The U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) asked the National Research Council to provide an agenda for basic behavioral and social research focused on applications in both the short and long-term. The committee responded by recommending six areas of research on the basis of their relevance, potential impact, and timeliness for military needs: intercultural competence; teams in complex environments; technology-based training; nonverbal behavior; emotion; and behavioral neurophysiology. The committee suggests doubling the current budget for basic research for the behavioral and social sciences across U.S. military research agencies. The additional funds can support approximately 40 new projects per year across the committee's recommended research areas. Human Behavior in Military Contexts includes committee reports and papers that demonstrate areas of stimulating, ongoing research in the behavioral and social sciences that can enrich the military's ability to recruit, train, and enhance the performance of its personnel, both organizationally and in its many roles in other cultures.

Modeling Human Behavior With Integrated Cognitive Architectures

Modeling Human Behavior With Integrated Cognitive Architectures
Author: Kevin A. Gluck
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2006-04-21
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1135610487

Resulting from the need for greater realism in models of human and organizational behavior in military simulations, there has been increased interest in research on integrative models of human performance, both within the cognitive science community generally, and within the defense and aerospace industries in particular. This book documents accomplishments and lessons learned in a multi-year project to examine the ability of a range of integrated cognitive modeling architectures to explain and predict human behavior in a common task environment that requires multi-tasking and concept learning. This unique project, called the Agent-Based Modeling and Behavior Representation (AMBR) Model Comparison, involved a series of human performance model evaluations in which the processes and performance levels of computational cognitive models were compared to each other and to human operators performing the identical tasks. In addition to quantitative data comparing the performance of the models and real human performance, the book also presents a qualitatively oriented discussion of the practical and scientific considerations that arise in the course of attempting this kind of model development and validation effort. The primary audiences for this book are people in academia, industry, and the military who are interested in explaining and predicting complex human behavior using computational cognitive modeling approaches. The book should be of particular interest to individuals in any sector working in Psychology, Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Engineering, System Engineering, Human Factors, Ergonomics and Operations Research. Any technically or scientifically oriented professional or student should find the material fully accessible without extensive mathematical background.

Human Behavior and Performance as Essential Ingredients in Realistic Modeling of Combat - MORIMOC II. Proceedings of the Military Operations Research Society Mini-Symposium Held in Alexandria, Virginia on 22-24 February 1989

Human Behavior and Performance as Essential Ingredients in Realistic Modeling of Combat - MORIMOC II. Proceedings of the Military Operations Research Society Mini-Symposium Held in Alexandria, Virginia on 22-24 February 1989
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Total Pages: 361
Release: 1989
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This is the Proceedings of the Military Operations Research Society's mini-symposium dealing with the problem of achieving more operational realism in the modeling of combat from the standpoint of accounting for human performance in the battle environment. The meeting was held at the Center for Naval Analyses, Alexandria, Virginia, on 22, 23, 24 February 1989. Included are the 34 contributed papers presented in the five sessions: Human Factors in Decision Issues, Human Performance Models and Applications, Predicting Human Performance/ Availability in Combat Environments, Combat as a Data Source, and Representing Human Performance in Combat Models and Simulations. Also provided are the remarks by the session chairs and by the discussants of the papers, plus the several invited presentations. The papers include several by participants from the NATO SHAPE Technical Center, Great Britain, and West Germany. Keywords: Operations research, Human factors, Human performance, Combat data, Combat modeling, Battle simulation, Weapons effectiveness, Micro-saint modeling.