Simulating Fighter Pilots
Clint Heinze, Michael Papasimeon, Simon Goss, Martin Cross, Russell Connell · Birkhäuser Basel eBooks · 2008
Since 1990 a focused intelligent agent research and development programme within the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) has underpinned a strong history of deployed operational simulations. Originally aimed at improving simulations of fighter pilots the research has expanded to include: fundamentals of agent languages and architectures; the cognition of teams; intention recognition and cognitive modelling; simulating civilian behaviour in conflict; intelligent environments; software engineering; and autonomy and uninhabited aerial vehicles. Capitalising on this research are a series of deployed simulations that have provided strong examples of the benefits of the technology. This paper presents a brief account of four successful agent-based simulation systems and a broad but shallow overview of some of the more interesting aspects of our relevant agent research and development activities.