Considerations for the Next Generation of Air Force Computer Generated Actors

Attaining a realistic, high fidelity distributed virtual environment for next generation aircrew training requires that air operations, command and control, and logistics activities be correctly simulated for both the manned and computer-controlled actors. Computer-generated actors are especially important to the attainment of these next generation capabilities since they will be the opponents that the aircrews train against. However, current dynamics models, sensor models, weather, logistics, command and control, and human decision making models are not accurate enough to support next generation uses. One fundamental source of simulation error in current airpower models is the improper or incomplete portrayal of the human component. The objective of our paper is to illustrate the need for better computer-generated actors that employ improved human behavior models and to discuss the requirements that the next generation of computer generated actors and human behavior models must satisfy.