APTIMA INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: The SAF Behavior Fidelity effort will examine the effects of certain characteristics of sy

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The SAF Behavior Fidelity effort will examine the effects of certain characteristics of synthetic entities in a training simulation have an effect on training effectiveness. In particular, it will look at the level and timing of fidelity to the details of human expert performance has an effect on the quality of training, given any particular training objective. To accomplish this, the team will 1) Adapt existing authoring and monitoring tools to facilitate model-based SAF behavior authoring; 2) Update information developed for TERS Model Fidelity Instructor"s Tool to include SAF behaviors; 3) Extend P-8A Instructor"s Tool to include SAF tactical behaviors; 4) Develop techniques to improve the processes of requirements definition and validation of SAF model behavior; and 5) Develop system for dynamic SAF model behavior management and recovery.