Mission Complexity Scoring in Distributed Mission Training

摘要

Training specialists and subject-matter experts at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Mesa Research Site have been characterizing Distributed Mission Training (DMT) scenarios in terms of specific learning objectives linked to mission-essential competencies and to the underlying knowledge, skills, and experiences that are required for successful combat performance. As part of scenario characterization, we have identified the mission characteristics and levels of those characteristics that are important for complexity indexing. Techniques for determining overall scenario complexity and for relating scenario characteristics to mission essential competencies have been developed. This report presents results from a validation study comparing the new, analytically based complexity methodology with an empirically based approach. In addition, applications of the new assessment to both F-15 and F-16 weapon system capability and scenario characteristics to learning objectives while controlling overall complexity are discussed together with plans for developing DMT instructor support systems.