Representation of Non Visual Stimuli as a Precursor to Mannequin Stimulation overthe Internet

摘要

This effort resulted in a Human Response to Stimuli Federation Object Model(FOM). During this effort, an investigation into the representation of stimuli vis-a-vis the human recipient was performed. A Stimuli simulation object model and a Physiological simulation object model were developed prior to the construction of the FOM. The first issue was to address the conceptual model of the mission space. In the development of the Stimuli FOM, the questions of scalability, relevance of stimuli, and characterization of stimuli were addressed. The effort resulted in the creation of a set of informational attributes and the concept of simple versus complex stimuli. Both local and global stimuli are considered. In the representation of the human body, physiological functioning guided the development of the Physiological FOM. Object oriented techniques were heavily utilized in populating this FOM. The question of extensibility, which has ramifications for distance education, is discussed. Different emphasis on intended utilization of the Federation resulted in two divergent FOM structures. Scenarios relevant to this Federation are presented in detail.