Optimization-Based Agent Simulations for Evaluating the SPEYES System

This paper presents an optimization-based agent-driven Distributed Dynamic Decision-making (DDD) simulation model to evaluate the SPEYES (Security and Patrolling Enablers Yielding Effective SASO - Support and Stability Operations) system. The key challenge is to quantify the force multiplying effect...

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Main Authors: Meirina, Candra, Yu, Feili, Ruan, Sui, Levchuk, Georgiy M, Pattipati, Krishna R, Kleinman, David L, Popp, Robert L
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
BRIEFING CHARTS
COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
DECISION MAKING
FORCE MULTIPLIERS
HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATIONS
MILITARY OPERATIONS
Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
OPTIMIZATION
SASO(SUPPORT AND STABILITY OPERATIONS)
SECURITY
SIMULATION
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
SPEYES(SECURITY AND PATROLLING ENABLERS YIELDING EFFECTIVE SASO)
STABILITY
SYMPOSIA
TEST AND EVALUATION
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Summary:This paper presents an optimization-based agent-driven Distributed Dynamic Decision-making (DDD) simulation model to evaluate the SPEYES (Security and Patrolling Enablers Yielding Effective SASO - Support and Stability Operations) system. The key challenge is to quantify the force multiplying effect of SPEYES technologies, which span sensing, situation awareness/command and control (SA/C2), and shaping components. The performance improvements were measured in terms of timeliness, effectiveness, and efficiency of operations. The behaviors of optimization-based agents were first calibrated to those of human-in-the-loop simulations. The agent-driven simulation results indicated that integration of SPEYES sensing, SA/C2, and shaping technologies provided significant performance improvements to the force across all measures. Even at 50%-reduced force, the SPEYES system maintained significant performance improvements over regular operations with a full force and without SPEYES, thus confirming the force multiplier effect of SPEYES technologies. The findings are confirmed by human-in-the-loop simulations. Presented at the International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS) (10th), held in McLean, VA, on 13-16 Jun 2005. Published in the Proceedings of ICCRTS, Paper #236, 2005. Prepared in cooperation with Aptima, Inc., Woburn, MA. Prepared in collaboration with Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, and with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Arlington, VA. Includes briefing charts in addition to text. The original document contains color images.