This issue contains articles on the following subjects: (1) Using Biomechanics to Improve Warfighter Load-Carrying Capability; (2) The Case for Human Performance Representation in Computer-Generated Forces; (3) Cognitive Cockpit Systems: From Flight/Mission Management Towards Knowledge-based Cockpit Assistant Systems; and (4) Command and Control: Human Performance Modeling.
An earlier ARI sponsored MILT project was designed to investigate the possibility of using natural language processing (NLP) software to identify semantic and syntactic errors and provide the basis for state of the art dialogue exercises. One of the thirteen exercise types developed was the microworld exercise. A microworld is a software environment in which students can issue commands that are executed by animation routines in a game like atmosphere. ...
The U.S. Army has recognized the need to transition the research on authorable tutoring systems and language learning, both funded by themselves and others, out of the research laboratory and into more applied settings. The objective of this project was to initiate a program of research to design a computerized tutor that is capable of teaching military personnel mission relevant information and task performance through naturalistic dialog between student and ...