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Modeling Simulation Body of Knowledge (BOK) and
Overview Course
DMSO Internal Program Review December 8, 2004
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BOK/Course Development Timeline (1 of 3)

• June 14, 2002 MSREC Workshop in Atlanta
• June 25, 2002 Meeting at DMSO
• July 17, 2002 Discussions at Summer Simulation
  Conference
• July 18-19, 2002 Discussions at SimSummit
• September 20-21, 2002 Workshop at DMSO
• December 5, 2002 Workshop at I/ITSEC
• January through May, 2003 BOK widely posted and
  comments invited

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BOK/Course Development Timeline (2 of 3)

• April 3, 2003 Discussions at Spring SIW
• May 9, 2003 Workshop at DMSO
• July 23, 2003 Discussions at SimSummit (Summer
  Simulation ConferenceMontreal)
• July 30, 2003 ONR Grant Awarded for BOK
  Development and Graduate-Level Overview Course
  Development
• November 4, 2003 Team Meeting at VMASC
• January 30, 2004 IPR at DMSO

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BOK/Course Development Timeline (3 of 3)

• March 18-19, 2004 Team Meeting at UCF
• May 24-25, 2004 Team Meeting at Georgia Tech
• June 3, 2004 Submissions to DMSO for Review
• Version 5 of Body of Knowledge
• History and Descriptions of MS Educational
  Programs at Georgia Tech, Old Dominion
  University, and University of Central Florida
• Descriptions of Graduate-Level MS Overview
  Courses at Georgia Tech, Old Dominion University,
  and University of Central Florida

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Project Objectives

• Develop a pilot course, at the graduate education
  level, using the Body of Knowledge developed by
  the University team in conjunction with the
  Department of Defense partners.
• Deliver the pilot course, at a location selected
  by DMSO, for no more than 25 students.
• Conduct a Faculty review of pilot course content
  and delivery, developing detailed recommendations
  for course improvement and refinement.

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Participants (1 of 2)

• ODU/VMASC
• R. Bowen Loftin (PI)
• Jim Bliss
• Dave Dryer
• Ryland Gaskins
• Emily Lada
• Rick McKenzie
• Roland Mielke
• Mikel Petty
• John Sokolowski
• Andreas Tolk

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Participants (2 of 2)

• Georgia Tech
• Christos Alexopoulos (PI)
• Seyhous Inci
• Margaret Loper
• UCF/IST
• Peter Kincaid (PI)

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Project Funding

• Project Funding
• Total 159,749
• ODU/VMASC 70,778
• Georgia Tech 64,404
• UCF/IST 24,567

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Project Status (1 of 2)

• The MS Body of Knowledge instrument was in
  version 3 at project initiation.
• As a result of the team meetings (November 2003
  March, 2004 May, 2004) and subsequent
  discussions, the MS Body of Knowledge instrument
  is now in its fifth major version.

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Project Status (2 of 2)

• Existing Course Content Sources
• ODU/VMASC MSIM 601
• Georgia Tech ISyE 6644
• UCF/IST IDS 5937
• Module Development Status
• 38 Potential Modules
• 14 Require Complete/Major Development
• 24 Require Revision/Adaptation

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Project Results/Achievements

• A comprehensive Body of Knowledge instrument is
  in place.
• Approximately 75 of course content for a
  graduate-level overview is complete.
• Significant new material has been created to
  augment previously developed materials.
• Two courses (ODU UCF), based on BoK
• Further development halted in June 2004 pending
  DMSO reviews.

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The Way Ahead . . .

• Incorporate reviewers input into the BoK,
  producing version 6
• Initiate the development of a collaborative
  textbook development effort
• Initially target overview course
• Determine editor/author candidates
• Identify audience (especially prerequisites)
• Develop business model to support project
• Achieve a consensus on publication process and
  timeline

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Notional Textbook Outline (1 of 6)

• Part 1 Introduction1. History of MS2. Basic
  MS concepts and definitions3. Survey of
  modeling methods and simulation
  categories4. Discrete event simulation5. Mathema
  tical modeling of physical systems

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Notional Textbook Outline (2 of 6)

• Part 2 Fundamental modeling paradigms6. Continu
  ous and real-time simulation7. Visualization,
  visual simulation, and virtual
  environments8. Distributed simulation and
  interoperability9. System dynamics
  modeling10. Agent-based modeling

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Notional Textbook Outline (3 of 6)

• Part 3 Humans and simulations11. Human-computer
  interaction in simulation12. Simulating human
  behavior13. Modeling human decision making

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Notional Textbook Outline (4 of 6)

• Part 4 Special applications and modeling
  methods14. MS applications in the U.S.
  Department of Defense15. Combat modeling and
  simulation16. Medical modeling and
  simulation17. Modeling and simulation in
  entertainment18. Modeling complex adaptive
  systems19. Modeling uncertainty and vagueness

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Notional Textbook Outline (5 of 6)

• Part 5 MS projects20. Experimental design and
  data analysis for simulation21. Verification,
  validation, and accreditation22. MS
  life-cycles, project types, and project
  management23. Simulation software tools and
  languages 24. MS composability

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Notional Textbook Outline (6 of 6)

• Part 6 Future MS25. Emerging MS
  applications26. Grand challenges in MS