Papers by Victor Middleton
This paper discusses issues associated with the development and application of a “human-centric”,... more This paper discusses issues associated with the development and application of a “human-centric”, “emergent”, approach to modeling, simulation and analysis (MS&A). It is motivated by a view of military operations that focuses on human response and adaptability. We see development and application of an emergent human-centric paradigm for operational analysis as the natural outcome of applying human-centric models and simulations to operations where traditional attrition-based analysis is inadequate. Representation of information processing, situation awareness and decision-making are essential to supporting analysis of today’s military operations, with their emphasis on asymmetric warfare, network centric warfare and the adroit use of information and information technologies. We posit the need for a far more robust representation of the behaviors and cognition of individual dismounted combatant, integrated into an analysis paradigm that accommodates exploration of emergent phenomena ...
Abstract : CONCLUSIONS * Pythagoras provides a framework that is easily adapted to modeling effor... more Abstract : CONCLUSIONS * Pythagoras provides a framework that is easily adapted to modeling efforts and low resolution effects in the CBRN realm * DOE research at NPS provides ground-breaking methods to experimental design * Recommend future work: Review employment tactics of ARVs and UGVs; Introduce civilians to the battlefield; Examine physiological/psychological effects of extended operations in MOPP; Introduce false alarms into current model.
Being "lost" is an exemplar of imperfect Situation Awareness/Situation Understanding (S... more Being "lost" is an exemplar of imperfect Situation Awareness/Situation Understanding (SA/SU) -- information/knowledge that is uncertain, incomplete, and/or just wrong. Being "lost" may be a geo-spatial condition - not knowing/being wrong about where to go or how to get there. More broadly, being "lost" can serve as a metaphor for uncertainty and/or inaccuracy - not knowing/being wrong about how one fits into a larger world view, what one wants to do, or how to do it. This paper discusses using agent based modeling (ABM) to explore imperfect SA/SU, simulating geo-spatially "lost" intelligent agents trying to navigate in a virtual world. Each agent has a unique "mental map" -- its idiosyncratic view of its geo-spatial environment. Its decisions are based on this idiosyncratic view, but behavior outcomes are based on ground truth. Consequently, the rate and degree to which an agent's expectations diverge from ground truth provide me...
c-DISCLAIMERS The findings contained in this report are not to be construed as an official Depart... more c-DISCLAIMERS The findings contained in this report are not to be construed as an official Department of the Army position unless so designated by other authorized documents. Citation of trade names in this report does not constitute an official endorsement or approval of the use of such items. DESTRUCTION NOTICE
Advances in human performance and cognitive engineering research, Dec 30, 2004
... literary bias toward the publication of group-based findings often makes it difficult to loca... more ... literary bias toward the publication of group-based findings often makes it difficult to locate individual performance data and research that may be important to modeling and simulation (Cosby & Severinghaus, 2003 ... 508 GEORGE R. MASTROIANNI AND VICTOR E. MIDDLETON ...
Proceedings of the 25th conference on Winter simulation - WSC '93, 1993
ABSTRACT Not Available
Unclassified 2a. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY 3. DISTRIbUTION /AVAILABILITY OF REPORT 2b. DE... more Unclassified 2a. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY 3. DISTRIbUTION /AVAILABILITY OF REPORT 2b. DECLASSIFICATION/DOWNGRADING SCHEDULE Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. 4. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER(S) S. MONITORING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER(S) UWSA-T-90-21 6a. NAME OF PERFORMING ORGANIZATION 6b. OFFICE SYMBOL 7a. NAME OF MONITORING ORGANIZATION
Proceedings of the 2010 Winter Simulation Conference, 2010
Proceedings of the 25th conference on Winter simulation - WSC '93, 1993
ABSTRACT Not Available
2013 Winter Simulations Conference (WSC), 2013
This paper provides the first results of dissertation research that seeks to develop and apply an... more This paper provides the first results of dissertation research that seeks to develop and apply an experimental milieu for the study of imperfect Situation Awareness/Situation Understanding (SA/SU) and of decisionmaking based on that SA/SU. It describes an agent-based simulation and initial results of simulation experiments conducted with that framework. The simulation experiments explore a specific, easily understood, and quantifiable example of human behavior: intelligent agents being spatially "lost" while trying to navigate in a simulation world. The paper concludes with a discussion of ongoing and planned research based on modifications to that simulation and conduct of additional experiments.
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Papers by Victor Middleton