A process for placing the human at the centre of the constructive simulation

This paper will describe different aspects of human behaviour and characteristics that can be represented by modelling techniques, based on ongoing work within the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), the Nederland’s Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and the US Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). It will then propose how these characteristics can be used within a range of different types of constructive simulation, in particular agent based models. Importantly, it will also consider an integrated process of experimentation and analysis to validate and maintain development of human factors representations within constructive simulations.