CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: Live, Virtual, Constructive, and Gaming (LVC & G) simulations can be powerful tools fo

Description

Live, Virtual, Constructive, and Gaming (LVC & G) simulations can be powerful tools for conducting operational analysis in the US Army. However, significant gaps in expertise, skills, and knowledge exist between Operations Research System Analysts (ORSAs), experiment or exercise directors, and the engineers that create and configure the simulations. A tool is needed to help ORSAs analyze and decompose the analysis objective (AO) into meaningful parts that other stakeholders can understand and use. To effectively create accurate AO decompositions and address the needs of all stakeholders, we will design and demonstrate the feasibility of an AO Decomposition Tool for Semi-Automated Analysis and Graphical Exploration (AO-SAGE). Our solution consists of three primary components. First, AO-SAGE will provide detailed visual representations of analysis objectives that are easily understandable to all stakeholders. Second, AO-SAGE will supplement analysts"insight with computer processing of all available relevant information. Third, AO-SAGE will provide a technique for collecting feedback from all stakeholders distributed across space and time.