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A -- AGENT BASED MODELING AND BEHAVIORAL REPRESENTATION (AMBER) SOL PRDA No., MLKH 99-01-HE POC Contact Susan Day, Contracting Officer, (937) 255-3506 WEB: click here to view the PRDA announcement, http://www.wrs.afrl.af.mil/contract/opptnty1.htm. Air Force Research Laboratory, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Wright Research Site (AFRL/HESS ) solicits research proposals for Agent-based Modeling and Behavioral Representation (AMBR). In order to improve the operational realism of the Joint Synthetic Battlespace (JSB) and reduce the cost of conducting such simulations, the government intends to develop and demonstrate a new intelligent agent technology, the intelligent controller node (ICN). The ICN is an intelligent software agent that initiates, observes and reacts to events within a JSB. In this effort, three types of ICNs will be developed, enabling: (1) the modeling of command and control (C2) echelons; (2) the performance of technical controllers or support cell operations, and; (3) the simulation of complex human behavior. One of the major goals of this solicitation is to rapidly advance the state-of-the-art of agent-based modeling in support of JSB exercises. To achieve this goal, the government will pursue two avenues of research. One avenue of research will focus on developing and demonstrating ICNs at major Air Force exercises. The second line of research will focus on developing advanced modeling techniques (which can be incorporated into ICNs) by creating a competitive situation where the government funds multiple contractors to model the same challenging behavioral phenomena. The success of these approaches will be compared and contrasted at an annual comparison held in conjunction with a national conference. Interested offerors may view and/or download the full PRDA solicitation by accessing the AFRL Wright Research Site Contracting homepage at http://www.wrs.afrl.af.mil/contract/. Direct questions to the Contracting point of contact identified in the announcement. *** Posted 10/19/98 (W-SN263204). (0292)

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