IMPRINT Developers Workshop Dec 6 Agenda

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IMPRINT Developers Workshop Dec 6 Agenda

• 0830-0845 Welcome and Introductions John
  Lockett
• 0845-1000 - IMPRINT Pro Brief, Demo and
  Discussion John Lockett and Sue Archer
• 1000-1015 - BREAK
• IMPRINT Related Tools and Programs Beyond the US
  Army
• 1015-1045 - Air Force, CART Office Bryan Brett
• 1045-1115 - Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  Autumn Szabo
• 1115-1145 Navy, SEAPRINT Jennifer Narkevicius
• 1145-1215 - Discussion of IMPRINT ideas from
  other services and agencies
• 1215-1330 - LUNCH
• Performance Effects
• 1330-1350 - Training Effects Research AFRL,
  Mesa rep (Dee Andrews, Pat Fitzgerald)
• 1350-1400 - Training Knowledge and Skills for the
  Networked Battlefield MURI (Bill Raymond)
• 1400-1430 - Thermal and Vibration Jim Szalma
• 1430-1445 - BREAK
• 1445-1515 - Fatigue Modeling - Steve Hursh
• 1515-1545 Advances to the Workload Algorithms
  (FY04 and FY05 efforts) Raja Parasuraman
• 1545-1615 Discussion of new performance effect
  ideas for FY06 and beyond
• Usability Assessment
• 1615-1645 IMPRINT Pro Usability Study Results
  Raja Parasuraman

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IMPRINT Developers Workshop Dec 7 Agenda

• 0830-0845 Coffee
• Extending IMPRINTs Capabilities
• 0845-0930 - Recommendations for New Reports
  Michelle Zeisset, Charneta Samms
• 0930-1000 - Integration with Other Simulations
  Randy Washington
• 1000-1015 - BREAK
• 1015-1045 - ACT-R Integration Christian
  Lebiere, Rick Archer
• 1045-1115 - System of Systems Modeling Nils
  Lavine
• 1115-1145 - UoE Manpower Estimation Jana Polzin
  
• 1145-1300 Working Lunch and continued
  discussion of ideas for further extension of
  IMPRINT Capabilities
• Related Topics
• 1300-1330 Crew Station Design Tool
• 1330-1400- Miscellaneous (UML, IUSS, CASHE,
  Documentation, Web Site) Sue Archer
• 1400-1430- Discussion of Future Ideas and Wrap Up
  - All

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Administrative

• Lunch tomorrow
• Collection of presentations

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Workshop Goals

• The purpose of the workshop is to
  share project progress and to generate ideas for
  future development.  
• This is NOT a users meeting but rather, it is
  an opportunity to discuss the current status and
  future plans for the IMPRINT Tool and supporting
  research.

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Tool Development

• Challenges
• Evolving analysis demands
• Support System of Systems Analyses
• Support analysis of joint operations
• Represent human behavior in network simulation
• Consider alternative maintenance concepts
• (e.g. increased crew maintenance)
• Decrease barriers to usage
• Bi-modal set of users
• User interface too broad and deep with addition
• of new features
• Encourage valid analyses
• Information assurance constraints (i.e.
  security)
• Maintain platform compatibility
• Package more human factors RD results

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Soldier Centered Design Tools
1980s
1990s
2000
2005
1970s
MIST HARDMAN II
HARDMAN
TAWL TOSS
HOS IV
ACT-R
MATREX
ARI SRL HEL
ARL HRED
Maintenance and logistics MANCAP, KBLPS, IMPRINT
System of systems modeling
Task and Workload Analysis HARDMAN III, Crewcut,
JASS, WinCrew, IMPRINT
Human figure mod. sim. Jack, UNIPORT, ODT, TESF
Information flow C3Trace
NASA Plaid
AFRL DEPTH
AFRL CART
NASA MIDAS
OneSAF OTB
IUSS
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IMPRINTEvolution IMPRINT
History
1970s 1980s 1990s 2000
MPT link to performance - Personal computer -
Army HARDMAN III
IMPRINT WinCrew
Integrated analysis environment - Windows -
Goal Oriented Behaviors HLA Compliance
IMPRINT 6
System of Systems 32 bit, C
IMPRINT 7
Tri-Service C, .NET environment
IMPRINT Pro
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IMPRINT Development, FY 05

• All modules
• Hierarchical menus

Ver 7

• VACP and Maintenance modules (no Goal or
  Advanced modules)
• Crew Chief maintenance
• Hierarchical (but fewer) menus
• User with little programming expertise
• No capability to link to external simulations

Standard

• DoD emphasis (thru AFRL CART and Navy SEAPRINT)
• Merged VACP, Goal and Advanced workload and
  network modules
• Crew Chief maintenance animation
• New Graphical User Interface
• .NET Framework
• Sophisticated users links to other sims

Pro
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IMPRINT Development

• IMPRINT 5.13a - pre Oct 02
• VACP, Performance Moderators, Maintenance
• WinCrew advanced workload modeling
• VGA GUI, 16 bit, Borland C, Crystal Reports v5
• IMPRINT 6.40c - released Oct 02
• goal oriented behavior HLA compatibility from
  CART
• VACP, Performance Moderators, Maintenance
• VGA GUI, 16 bit, Borland C, Crystal Reports v5

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IMPRINT Development

• IMPRINT 7.12w released Feb 04

• Upgraded assumed resolution from VGA to SVGA
• 32 bit, Microsoft C, Crystal Reports v7
• Added hierarchical navigation tree to GUI
• Updated personnel projection database (fr.1996
  to 2002)
• Interface to add customized stressors
• Dynamic stressors through calls to external
  modules
• Enhanced maintenance model (flexibility LSA
  imports)
• Dynamically subscribe and unsubscribe entities
  to server
• Ability to synch to real time simulations
• Review input parameters and GUI (e.g.
  distributions)
• Review output, reports, and analysis aids
• New training materials (tutorial) and workshop
  structure
• Webpage updated with more applications
  references and training material

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IMPRINT Development

• Enhanced IMPRINT maintenance modeling
• Improved the fidelity of modeling direct support
  maintenance
• Increased capacity to model maintenance of
  complex systems (more components, systems, tasks)
  and more of those systems with longer scenarios
• integrated transition between operator and
  maintainer analyses such that maintainability
  variables will directly impact operational system
  effectiveness.
• Developed concepts and prototypes for IMPRINT
  ver. 8 (two products, Standard and Pro)
• Investigated the validity and robustness of
  dynamic human task scheduling constructs such as
  the WinCrew strategies, information
  processing/process control theory (IP/PCT), and
  goal oriented behavior modeling.
• Mapped IMPRINT taxons to skills and abilities in
  SkillsNET objects (thru Navys SEAPRINT program)

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Tool Development, FY 04

• Develop specifications and beta versions for
  IMPRINT Standard and Pro
• Links with other tools and simulations
• Automate links between IMPRINT and UML
  development applications.
• Develop links and file format compatibility
  between IMPRINT and Army Evaluation Center (AEC)
  maintenance analysis tools such as COMPASS and
  SESAME. Test case Sentinel forward area air
  surveillance system

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Tool Development, FY 04

• Links with other tools and simulations
• Update the Command, Control, and Communications
  Human Performance Model (C3HPM) for inclusion in
  MATREX V0.5
• Support development of the core MATREX Network
  Centric Warfare Simulation Environment (NSE) and
  FY05 MATREX Network Fires Thread.
• Develop architectural specification for a system
  of systems level network of integrated IMPRINT
  models to simulate a combined arms mission.

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IMPRINT Development, FY 04

• Develop IMPRINT models to represent Military
  Intelligence operators in Battle Lab Simulations
  at the Ft. Huachuca Battle Command Battle Lab.
• Develop an interactive, constructive model of
  system capability as a function of Global Command
  and Control System (GCCS) operator effectiveness.
  (with SPAWAR)
• Extend output report and analysis aid
  enhancements to IMPRINT Pro

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IMPRINT Development, FY 04

• Codify literature on vibration and thermal
  environment stress effects
• Enter into Matrix developed by UCF under the
  OPUS MURI
• Conduct meta analysis to inform development of
  new stressor performance moderators in IMPRINT.
• Extend to vigilance, training, time, team in FY05

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Updating IMPRINT Stressors

• Options for Incorporating Changes to Performance
  Shaping Functions
• A. Change default algorithm in IMPRINT source
  code
• Requires new release
• B. Input new algorithm using custom stressor
  feature
• No change to source code
• User defined models only
• C. Use IMPRINT variables, beginning and ending
  effects
• No change to source code
• User defined models only
• Greater user skill required
• D. External Model Calls to more complex models
• User defined models only
• Greater user skill required

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IMPRINT Development, FY 05

• Improve training performance moderators through
  collaboration with AFRL, Mesa
• base on a richer empirical database
• beyond frequency and recency of practice to
  content and media type
• Link to existing fatigue model such as SAFTE to
  consider
• circadian rhythms
• cumulative effects
• interaction between physical and mental fatigue
• Establish a link from IWARS to IMPRINT
• Validation studies
• Usability studies
• Links to perceptual and biomechanical models
• Update dynamic workload management strategies
• Optimize cost and mission readiness based on
  non-mission capable supply NMCS and non-mission
  capable maintenance NMCM variables. (with AEC)
• Add visualization tool to IMPRINT maintenance
  model

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Demonstrations
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Miscellaneous

• UML project to investigate the potential for
  interchanging information between ARLs IMPRINT
  tool and UML 2.0
• Outcome
• Detailed report (Steve Carson)
• Primary challenge is community and culture change

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Miscellaneous, Continued

• IUSS / IWARS Implementation as micromodels
• CASHE Primary benefit is on-line documentaton
• Database MySQL to MSDE
• Issues with security and distribution of engien
• Challenges for upgrade path
• Documentation Three volumes
• Web Site

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http//www.arl.army.mil/ARL-Directorates/HRED/imb/
imprint/Imprint7.htm