A -- AGENT-BASED MODELING AND BEHAVIORAL REPRESENTATION

Notice Date

March 21, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL -- Wright Research Site, Det 1 AFRL/PK, Bldg 167, Area B, 2310 8th Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433-7801

ZIP Code

45433-7801

Solicitation Number

PRDA-99-01-HE-Amendment-2

Response Due

May 10, 2001

Point of Contact

Ceceilia Haney, Contract Negotiator, Phone 937-255-5216, Email Ceceilia.Haney@wpafb.af.mil -- James Box, Contracting Officer, Phone (937) 255-6274, Fax (937) 255-6277, Email james.box@wpafb.af.mil

E-Mail Address

Ceceilia Haney (Ceceilia.Haney@wpafb.af.mil)

Description

Air Force Research Laboratory, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Deployment and Sustainment Division (AFRL/HESS) solicits research proposals for Agent-based Modeling and Behavioral Representation project . This announcement is an amendment to the subsequent solicitation, 99-01-HE, for new effort. 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 Electronic Posting System (EPS) homepage at http://www.eps.gov/. Direct questions to the Contracting point of contact identified in the announcement.

Web Link

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Record

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