Computer generated intelligent companions for distributed virtual environments

Author

Edwards, Mark ; Santos, Eugene, Jr. ; Banks, Sheila B. ; Stytz, Martin R.

Author_Institution

Air Force Inst. of Technol., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

16-19 Nov. 1996

Firstpage

450

Lastpage

452

Abstract

The employment of computer generated forces (CGFs) within distributed virtual environments (DVEs) dramatically increases the number of entities in a simulated training environment. However, current CGF limitations produce behaviours that can be defeated using methods ineffective against humans. Our research focuses on developing aircraft CGFs. It is necessary to deal with uncertainty, ambiguity, and approximation. The Fuzzy Wingman (FW) relies on fuzzy logic to provide these abilities. In this manner, the FW presents a reasonable approach to effectively populating the simulated training environment with low cost CGFs while maintaining the realism of training with human controlled entities.

Keywords

aerospace simulation; aircraft computers; computer based training; digital simulation; distributed processing; fuzzy logic; intelligent tutoring systems; uncertainty handling; virtual reality; CGF limitations; DVEs; FW; Fuzzy Wingman; aircraft CGFs; ambiguity; approximation; computer generated forces; computer generated intelligent companions; distributed virtual environments; fuzzy logic; human controlled entities; low cost CGFs; simulated training environment; uncertainty; Aircraft; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Costs; Distributed computing; Employment; Fuzzy logic; Humans; Uncertainty; Virtual environment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Tools with Artificial Intelligence, 1996., Proceedings Eighth IEEE International Conference on

ISSN

1082-3409

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7686-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TAI.1996.560779

Filename

560779