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AN INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM (ITS) FOR FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEMS (FCS) ROBOTIC VEHICLE COMMAND   10

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NEXRI Interoperability Concepts for the Joint Strike Fighter.. 14

Integration of Joint Modeling and Simulation System Models into the ACTS.. 15

Infantry Officer Basic Course (IOBC) Rapid Decision Trainer (RDT) 16

Applying Learning Outcomes to Media Selection for Avionics Maintenance Training   17

Key Crew Resource Management Behaviors Underlying C-130 Aircrew Performance  18

PC-Based “MicroSims” in a Distributed Military Simulation Environment.. 19

Secure Distributed Digital Training Systems for the U.S. Army.. 20

HLA INSIDE AND OUT: INTRA- AND INTER-VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS.. 21

The Challenges of Creating Storyboards for SCORM Conformant Multimedia Courseware  22

Evaluating Distance Learning Delivery Effects on Mission Safety and Performance  23

Web-Delivered Simulations for Lifelong Learning.. 24

MC-130 EMBEDDED RADAR WARNING SIMULATOR.. 25

Train as you Fight – Design and Integration Issues for Embedded Training in the Future Combat System    26

Electronic Warfare Rangeless Embedded Training A Cost Effective Training Approach   27

Developing an Adaptive ADL Solution for Training Medical Teams.. 28

How Simulation is Training the Army’s New 91W... 29

Remote Medical Treatment Protocols for First Responders.. 30

The Joint National Training Capability “The Centerpiece of Training Transformation”  31

A Capabilities-Based Architecture for Simulating WMD Emergency Response. 32

Concepts for Training of Joint Combined Operations Planning Based on Modelling & Simulation Support.. 33

“Train As You Fight” Integrating The Army's Aviation Mission Planning System With AVCATT   34

UAV Mission Trainers - Requirements and Solutions for Current and Future Systems   35

Special Training for Special Forces.. 36

A Chromakey Augmented Virtual Environment for Deployable Training.. 37

Virte: A Training System For The Future…Today! 38

The RAF Helicopter Voice Marshalling Simulator:   Early Experiences & Recent Enhancements   39

VoRTEX – The Development of a Generic Architecture for VR Maintenance Trainers.. 40

Lessons Learned Using Tactical Software in Maintenance Training Simulations.. 41

Requirements for a High Fidelity Virtual Aircraft Maintenance Training Environment   42

Local Positioning Systems: New Possibilities for Urban Combat Training.. 43

Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW): Making Flexible Asymmetric Simulation Technolgies (FAST) Relevant for Warfighters.. 44

Anywhere - Anytime Orders Production Training using OneSAF Objective System and the Maneuver Control System... 45

A Common Instructor Operator Station Framework: Enhanced Usability and Instructional Capabilities   46

Navy Aviation Simulation Master Plan Requirements Analysis.. 47

REUSE POTENTIAL OF LEGACY SIMULATORS TO SUPPORT DMO.. 48

Air Combat Student Performance Modelling Using Grounded Theory Techniques.. 49

Mission Essential Competencies for the AOC: A Basis for Training Needs Analysis and Performance Improvement.. 50

Extending the Team Learning Methodology to Coalition Training.. 51

Tactics Development and Training Program Validation in Distributed Mission Training: A Case Study and Evaluation with the USAF Weapons School.. 52

Semi-Autonomous Cyberware Red Team Forces for the Information Warfare Battlespace  53

Benchmark Study of NASA and Air Force Space Operations Training.. 54

 

 

AN INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM (ITS) FOR FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEMS (FCS) ROBOTIC VEHICLE COMMAND

 

Randy Jensen , Richard Stottler

Stottler Henke Associates, Inc.

San Mateo, CA

 

Henry Marshall , Jeffrey Stahl

Simulation Technology Center, US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command

Orlando, FL

 

Under the Army’s Future Combat Systems (FCS) concept, the warfighter manning a Control Vehicle (CV) crewstation must maintain situational awareness and apply tactical decision-making principles in a heightened information-rich setting with distributed vehicles and sensors under his command.  This paper discusses a proof-of-concept Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) to provide scenario-based practice for the FCS soldier.  In this context, a limited principle hierarchy serves as the instructional basis for the training system and the automated evaluation of student actions in an FCS scenario.  Embedded training systems for this domain must be integrated with a variety of software packages using a common protocol.  This system communicates with the OneSAF Test Bed (OTB) simulation environment, and the control interface for networked robotic vehicles under the student's command.  In addition to the fundamental tactical principles, students are also monitored for their mastery with the task of translating tactical intentions to robotic commands correctly executed in the control interface.  The ITS observes the student's actions and performance in a simulated scenario and produces specifically tailored feedback on principles executed correctly and incorrectly.  Design issues for the development of an ITS for the FCS domain also include the need to facilitate scenario authoring, and the objective of providing a flexible architecture that can switch between real-time feedback during scenario execution versus strictly after action review.  This proof-of-concept system aims to provide a foundation for future training systems based on the same architecture, but supporting team training on multiple scenarios with multiple simultaneous participants.

This paper is available on the 2003 I/ITSEC CD